Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou
Pharmaceutical chemist · Nobel laureate
1930-12-30（1930, 11th lunar month, day 11）～
Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang
Three-Pillar ChartBirth hour unknown — three pillars only
Year Pillar
庚午
Element Metal · Fire
NaYin Roadside Earth
Ten Gods Seven Killings
Month Pillar
戊子
Element Earth · Water
NaYin Thunderbolt Fire
Ten Gods Indirect Wealth
Day Pillar
甲寅
Element Wood · Wood
NaYin Great Stream Water
Ten Gods Day Master
Hour Pillar
？？
Hour unknown
Not cast
Day Master
甲Wood
Element distribution (three-pillar count)
Wood 2, Fire 1, Earth 1, Metal 1, Water 1
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
A Jia Yin (甲寅) Day Master: Jia Wood sits on its prosperous root, with a deep foundation. Looking back on Tu Youyou — drawing from the line “a handful of qinghao” in the Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies the idea of low-temperature ether extraction, and finally isolating artemisinin after more than a hundred failures: the Seven Killings in the year pillar signifies the power to break with convention, and the Indirect Wealth in the month pillar signifies practical, inspired flexibility. This reflects that structure.
The Five Phases are relatively balanced and Jia Wood keeps to the upright path; her calm on receiving the Nobel Prize at 85 and continuing her research may be read here.
This is a cultural retrospective at the level of three pillars, not a fatalistic judgment.
Birth date source:Chinese Wikipedia: “Tu Youyou” (屠呦呦)(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.