Xin Wei year | Ji Hai month | Bing Chen day | Ji Hai hour | Zeng Guofan case
Zeng Guofan BaZi case:
weak fire in winter
and Hurting Officer control.
The common chart is Xin Wei year, Ji Hai month, Bing Chen day, and Ji Hai hour. Bing fire is born in Hai month, with Seven Killings in command and two Ji earth Hurting Officers controlling the pressure.
What is Zeng Guofan's BaZi?
The commonly used chart is Xin Wei, Ji Hai, Bing Chen, Ji Hai. The core is weak Bing fire in a cold Hai month, repeated Seven Killings, two Ji earth Hurting Officers, and a hidden wood support line through Hai and Wei.
- Four Pillars
- 辛未｜己亥｜丙辰｜己亥
- Day Master
- Bing fire
- Pattern
- Weak body with heavy Seven Killings / Hurting Officer controls Killings
- Keywords
- cold Hai month, double Ji earth, Hai-Wei wood hint, Jia-Wu peak luck
Person and chart check.
The biography records the 11th day of the 10th lunar month in the Hai hour, converted to November 26, 1811. The common case chart is Xin Wei, Ji Hai, Bing Chen, Ji Hai.
Zeng Guofan, courtesy name Bohan, style Disheng, from Xiangxiang, Hunan.
Late Qing, 1811-1872.
Statesman, military organizer, scholar, and Xiang Army commander.
This page uses the common Xin Wei, Ji Hai, Bing Chen, Ji Hai chart.
Biography-based sources give the date and hour; exact minute is not known.
Several BaZi sources use the same Four Pillars.
Different schools use different entry points for the same structure.
Events are used for comparison, not as proof by themselves.
The page uses the middle of Hai hour for calculation; the minute is not presented as a historical fact.
Four Pillars.
The chart is compact: Bing fire, Hai month, double Ji earth, and a hidden wood line between Hai and Wei.
| Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 辛未 | 己亥 | 丙辰 | 己亥 |
| Indirect Wealth · Decline | Hurting Officer · Seven Killings in command | Day Master · Crown Belt | Hurting Officer · late-life line |
| Xin metal appears in the year; Wei stores Ji, Ding, and Yi. | Ji earth appears while Hai stores Ren water, the main pressure of the chart. | Bing fire sits on damp Chen earth, with hidden wood and water. | The same Ji-Hai structure repeats in the hour pillar. |
Day Master and month command.
Bing fire meets Hai month. The first judgment is climate: cold water presses on weak fire.
Bright yang fire, but born in a cold-water season.
Water and Seven Killings dominate the climate.
Damp earth drains fire but stores wood and officer water.
The month structure repeats in the late-life line.
| Branch | Hidden stems | Ten Gods | Growth stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 未 | Ji / Ding / Yi | Hurting Officer / Rob Wealth / Direct Resource | Decline |
| 亥 | Ren / Jia | Seven Killings / Indirect Resource | Extinction |
| 辰 | Wu / Yi / Gui | Eating God / Direct Resource / Direct Officer | Crown Belt |
| 亥 | Ren / Jia | Seven Killings / Indirect Resource | Extinction |
Strength.
Weakness here is structural: lost season, repeated Hai water, earth that controls but also drains, and only small fire-wood support.
but weak fire under pressure.
Bing fire is born in Hai month, when cold water rules. Hai appears twice, so Seven Killings pressure repeats. There is a little support from Ding fire in Wei and wood in the hidden stems, but not enough to make the Day Master strong.
Bing fire is born in Hai month.
Hai appears twice and stores Ren Seven Killings.
Two Ji earth stems control Killings but drain Bing fire.
Ding in Wei and hidden wood offer limited support.
Read it as weak Bing fire under heavy Seven Killings, not strong fire.
| Level | Signal | Reading principle |
|---|---|---|
| Very weak | No season, root, or support | Support comes first. |
| Weak | Some root or Resource, but no season | Check whether pressure can be carried. |
| Balanced | Support and pressure are close | Useful gods depend on the question. |
| Strong | Season or roots clearly support the Day Master | Drain, control, or output may be useful. |
| Too strong | Multiple support layers stack up | Prefer circulation over hard control. |
| Dominant | A single qi forms a frame | Follow the force and avoid breaking it. |
Five Elements.
Earth and water are visible; fire and wood are limited. Earth is both useful and costly.
Ji earth controls water but also drains Bing fire.
Two Hai branches make cold water repeat.
Bing is visible, Ding is hidden in Wei.
Hidden Jia and Yi offer support.
Xin appears in the year and combines with Bing.
Ten Gods.
Seven Killings sit in Hai, Hurting Officer appears twice, and hidden Resource offers a path for transformation.
External resources and duties enter through the year stem.
It controls Seven Killings but also drains the Day Master.
The main pressure hidden in both Hai branches.
The hidden support that allows pressure to transform.
Relations.
Bing-Xin, Hai-Wei, double Ji, and Hai-Hai self-punishment form the main structure.
The Day Master combines with Xin wealth, pulling external duty and resources into the chart.
Hurting Officer and Seven Killings meet twice.
It hints at wood support, but it is not a complete wood frame without Mao.
Repeated Hai increases both Seven Killings pressure and late-life strain.
The chart needs warmth and support, not only control.
Earth drains Bing fire; it is not same-element support.
Control still needs Day Master strength, Resource, and timing.
It is only a hint without Mao.
Pattern and useful gods.
Readings include heavy Seven Killings, Hurting Officer control, Hurting Officer combining with Killings, and Ji earth mixing with Ren water.
Hai month gives Ren water command and Hai repeats in the hour.
Two Ji earth stems restrain the water pressure.
Some readings emphasize the Ji-Ren transformation relationship.
Cold Bing fire still needs wood and fire warmth.
Hai month and double Hai outweigh the small support.
Wood feeds fire; fire warms the chart.
Two Ji stems control Ren water.
The timeline follows the medicine and clash clearly.
Luck cycles.
Yi-Wei and Jia-Wu bring wood and fire support; Gui-Si activates conflict and closes the life line.
Earth controls water but also drains fire.
Ding fire helps; examination preparation becomes clearer.
Bing fire appears, with opportunity and pressure together.
Resource and Wei connect with the original chart.
Wood-fire support peaks.
Seven Killings appear and Si clashes Hai.
Listed for completeness; he did not live through this luck cycle.
Life events.
Examinations, the Xiang Army, Anqing, Tianjing, high office, the Tianjin incident, and death anchor the timeline.
Recorded as Hai hour on the 11th day of the 10th lunar month.
Ding fire in Ding-You helps Bing fire and opens the examination line.
The Bing-Shen luck phase brings same-element fire.
Yi-Wei connects to hidden Resource and structure.
The same phase shows setback followed by recovery under pressure.
Jia-Wu brings the wood-fire support the chart needs.
Wood-fire support helps the chart carry the pressure of command.
Achievement and historical controversy peak together.
Gui-Si brings pressure and clash.
The Gui-Si luck phase keeps activating the Hai structure.
Auxiliary stars.
Auxiliary markers are kept after strength, pattern, and luck. They refine the reading but do not replace it.
Useful as a marker, but it does not override the Seven Killings structure.
This supports the weak-fire judgment.
A cultural hint only, not the main calculation.
Appreciation.
This case teaches how weak fire can bear pressure when control, support, and timing align.
Weak fire becomes usable when control, support, and timing cooperate.
Achievement and controversy must both remain visible.
Earth quantity alone does not make Bing fire strong.
The value of this case is not simply calling it a noble chart. It shows how weak fire under pressure can use control, hidden support, and wood-fire luck to turn constraint into organization and achievement.
Want to read your own chart in this order?
Start with the Four Pillars, then follow Day Master, strength, Five Elements, Ten Gods, relations, and luck cycles.
A real chart turns the reading sequence in these cases into a practical tool.