Xue-Sen Qian
Xue-Sen Qian
Aerodynamicist · Pioneer of China's “Two Bombs, One Satellite” program
1911-12-11（3rd year of the Xuantong reign (Qing), 10th lunar month, day 21 (US government records give September 1 or 2, 1909; this follows the account standard in official Chinese sources)）～ 2009-10-31
Born in Shanghai
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
辛亥
Element Metal · Water
NaYin Hairpin Metal
Ten Gods Seven Killings
Month Pillar
庚子
Element Metal · Water
NaYin Wall Earth
Ten Gods Direct Officer
Day Pillar
乙卯
Element Wood · Wood
NaYin Great Stream Water
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
乙Wood
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Wood 2, Metal 2, Water 2, Fire 0, Earth 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
Yi (乙) Wood is the wood of flowers and grasses; sitting on Mao (卯), its prosperous root, it is deeply anchored. Looking back on Qian Xuesen's life — “Science has no borders, but scientists have a motherland” — returning to China in 1955 against obstruction and leading the Two Bombs, One Satellite program reflects the Seven Killings and Direct Officer revealed in the year and month pillars: Seven Killings for boldness and decisiveness, Direct Officer for responsibility and integrity — one forceful, one upright, both put into practice.
Strong Metal and Water generate Wood; Water signifies intelligence and Metal resolve. The meticulous organisation and long-term thinking summed up in “five years to come home, ten years to build the bombs” may be read here. In later life he said, “My surname is Qian (money), but I do not love money,” and donated his prize money to set up a foundation — a gloss on the benevolence of Yi Wood.
This is a cultural retrospective at the level of three pillars, not a fatalistic judgment.
Birth date source:Chinese Wikipedia: “Qian Xuesen” (钱学森)(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.