Roots Damaged by Clashes in Bazi (根被沖壞)
Evaluate whether a branch clash weakens a stem’s root through actual participants, season, competing relations, and remaining support instead of deleting the branch.
Overview
A root may be described as damaged when the supporting branch enters a qualifying clash and the interaction materially reduces its availability. A clash does not automatically erase the branch, hidden stems, or root. Confirm the clash pair, pillar locations, seasonal force, reinforcement, combinations, timing, and other roots before deciding whether support is disturbed, redirected, or still intact.
At a glance
- Required relation
- A valid opposing-branch clash pair
- Root evidence
- Named stem supported by one clashing branch
- Damage factors
- Season, force, location, repetition, and timing
- Counterevidence
- Other roots, support, combinations, or reinforcement
- Possible result
- Disturbed, redirected, weakened, or retained support
- Limit
- A clash never deletes chart data automatically
Confirm both the root and the clash
Name the visible stem, supporting hidden stem, supporting branch, and the opposing branch. Verify that the pair is one of the defined branch clashes.
A root cannot be called clashed merely because a different relation or distant phase is present. Keep the interaction type exact.
- Show the complete participant chain.
- Do not substitute harm, punishment, or control for clash.
Compare the force on both sides
Month Command, repetition, adjacent support, and moving pillars can change which branch has greater leverage. The supporting branch may be disturbed without losing every function.
A natal clash and a timing-triggered clash are different layers. State when each participant enters the chart.
- Assess season and reinforcement.
- Separate natal and moving participants.
Check what support remains
Search for other branches containing the same root, visible generators, and combinations that redirect either clashing branch.
Report whether support is reduced, unstable, relocated, or still substantial. Avoid the shortcut “clash equals gone.”
- Inventory alternative roots.
- Describe status rather than deletion.
Do not turn root damage into disaster prediction
A damaged root does not prove injury, family rupture, job loss, financial failure, or death. It is a conditional structural assessment.
Use real risk information and appropriate professionals for consequential decisions.
- No literal harm from the word damage.
- No event timing from one clash.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)地支沖合與旺衰諸論：沖須比較雙方得令、生扶與其他根氣，不能將支中之物直接刪除A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)卷二支沖諸例合看位置、重疊、會合與歲運，根氣可能受擾、轉移或減弱而非一律沖盡A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology根被沖壞頁完整列出目標干、根源、沖支與反證，禁止由損傷字樣推導事故、離散、失業或死亡OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.