Ba Jin
Ba Jin
Writer · Author of Family, Spring and Autumn
1904-11-25（30th year of the Guangxu reign (Qing), 10th lunar month, day 19）～ 2005-10-17
Born in Chengdu, Sichuan
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
甲辰
Element Wood · Earth
NaYin Lamp Fire
Ten Gods Hurting Officer
Month Pillar
乙亥
Element Wood · Water
NaYin Mountaintop Fire
Ten Gods Eating God
Day Pillar
癸亥
Element Water · Water
NaYin Great Sea Water
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
癸Water
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Water 3, Wood 2, Earth 1, Fire 0, Metal 0
Chart computed by the MoZhu engine (lunar-javascript); without the hour pillar, luck pillars and yearly cycles can't fully unfold.
Case Review
Original writing · hindsight review · anchored in known history, viewed through chart structure
Gui (癸) Water is the water of rain and dew; with Water at 3, feeling runs abundant. Looking back on the surging emotion of Ba Jin's Turbulent Stream trilogy and the courage to “speak the truth” in his late Random Thoughts: Eating God and Hurting Officer both revealed in the year and month signify literary talent overflowing and deep sincerity — the honesty and fluidity of strong Water reflect this structure.
Wood at 2 drains Water and lets the flow of ideas grow; his modest “I am no master” shows the gentleness of the Eating God. Living to a hundred, weathering many storms and never laying down his pen — this may be read here.
This is a cultural retrospective at the level of three pillars, not a fatalistic judgment.
Birth date source:Chinese Wikipedia: “Ba Jin” (巴金)(cross-checked with public records; bio is an original summary)
This case is for traditional-culture study only, not a judgment of any historical figure; schools of interpretation differ, and these conclusions claim no exclusive truth.