Lao She
Lao She
Writer · People’s Artist
1899-02-03（24th year of the Guangxu reign (Qing), 12th lunar month, day 23）～ 1966-08-24
Born in Beijing
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
戊戌
Element Earth · Earth
NaYin Flatland Wood
Ten Gods Seven Killings
Month Pillar
乙丑
Element Wood · Earth
NaYin Sea Metal
Ten Gods Hurting Officer
Day Pillar
壬寅
Element Water · Wood
NaYin Gold Foil Metal
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
壬Water
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Earth 3, Wood 2, Water 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
Ren (壬) Water is the Water of rivers, signifying closeness to the common people and onward flow, with Seven Killings and Hurting Officer revealed in the year and month and Earth appearing three times. Looking back on the life of Lao She, “the People’s Artist”: Rickshaw Boy and Teahouse captured the full range of ordinary city life, mirroring the “river” carrying all living beings. Hurting Officer signifies the edge of his humor and satire.
Earth controls Water threefold. His Manchu bannerman origins and the tragedy of his suicide by drowning in 1966 can be observed in hindsight through the structure of “heavy Earth blocking the Water, the river cut off,” one of the most painful episodes in modern Chinese literary history. Yet the writings of Ren Water have flowed into the nation’s memory, a footnote to “the stream may be cut, but its moisture lasts long.”
This is a cultural retrospective at the level of three pillars, not a fatalistic judgment.
Birth date source:Chinese Wikipedia: “Lao She”(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.