What Is Leading and Following Enclosure (引從包承) in BaZi?
Learn the before-as-leading and after-as-following rule, Jia-Zi examples, near-far preference, counterexamples, official-noble variant and enclosure route.
Overview
Leading and Following Enclosure is the workbook’s English name for 引從包承. The source defines a pillar before the natal-year reference as “leading” and one after it as “following.” For Jia-Zi it discusses Bing-Yin and Ding-Mao on the leading side and Ren-Xu and Gui-Hai on the following side, preferring a distant leader and a near follower. It then complicates the rule with punishment, combinations, Food God, Lu, Horse, Nayin vitality, same-xun, noble markers and several counterexamples. A later “Official and Noble Leading and Following” variant and a simpler enclosure route are related but not identical tests. Because the long entry preserves several methods rather than one complete universal table, OpenFate does not currently issue a composite verdict.
At a glance
- Leading
- A stated position before the natal reference
- Following
- A stated position after the natal reference
- Jia-Zi preference
- Distant Ding-Mao leads; near Gui-Hai follows
- Supporting evidence
- Nayin vitality, Lu, Horse or Noble markers
- Counterevidence
- Punishment, harm, clash or breakage
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate leading-following detector
Leading and following depend on direction and distance
The Jia-Zi discussion places Bing-Yin and Ding-Mao before the reference and Ren-Xu and Gui-Hai after it. Its stated preference is for the leader to be farther away and the follower to be nearer.
Other examples use Jia-Zi between Gui-Hai and Yi-Chou, or Bing-Yin between Yi-Chou and Ding-Mao. A valid reading must name the adopted cycle, reference pillar, direction and distance.
- Show the reference, both sides and their distances.
- Do not infer direction from isolated stems or branches.
Combinations, counterexamples and related routes prevent a one-line test
The source weighs Zi–Mao punishment against Food God, Lu and Horse evidence, discusses Ding–Ren and Mao–Xu combinations, prefers same-xun and vital Nayin support, and rejects cases with punishment, harm, clash or breakage.
It separately records Official-and-Noble leading/following and a simpler enclosure in which surrounding branches contain the natal reference. Those routes must be labelled rather than silently merged.
- Display supporting and defeating evidence together.
- Keep leading/following, official-noble and enclosure routes distinct.
OpenFate does not fill missing positions or combine separate methods
The product can show actual sexagenary pillars, xun identity and already implemented combinations or branch interactions.
There is no Leading and Following Enclosure detector. No missing pillar, virtual Official, Noble, Lu or Horse, distance score, report field or saved-chart value is created.
- Use actual positions and implemented relations only.
- No virtual symbols, composite score or report mutation.
Being led or enclosed cannot prove social status or protection
The source attaches ministerial rank and high status to selected examples. Historical biographies and elite language do not validate the pattern’s effects.
Do not infer authority, employment, promotion, income, wealth, patronage, legal outcome, personality, relationships, safety, health or lifespan.
- No authority, promotion, income, wealth or patronage guarantee.
- No legal, relationship, safety, health or lifespan prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《古今圖書集成》藝術典第609卷所錄《三命通會》「引從包承」：年前為引年後為從、甲子之前丙寅丁卯與之後壬戌癸亥、遠引近從，以及子卯刑食神祿馬丁壬卯戌合、同旬納音生旺、刑害沖破反證、官貴引從與前後支包承諸例A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology先聲明循環基準前後方向與距離，再將普通引從、官貴引從與包承三路分開並同示合與刑害沖破；來源未提供涵蓋所有柱位的單一通表，未實作則不判、不補缺柱官貴祿馬或改距離分數報告儲存，並排除權力工作升遷收入財富庇護法律性格關係安全健康壽命推斷OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.