What does it mean to penetrate the roots, hide the stems, and penetrate the stems?

Tonggen is to see whether a certain heavenly stem has found its roots in the earthly branches. Without roots, power will easily float on the surface; with roots, it will be easier to fall to the ground.

• ·Zanggan explains what powers are actually contained in the earthly branches.
• ·Different Tibetan stems have different degrees of dominance and modes of action.
• ·Don’t just look at whether a certain word appears on the surface.

Being dry means that a certain power is brought to the fore, making it easier to participate in judgment and interaction. Hidden and revealed have different pronunciations.

Roots, possessions, and penetration must be looked at together to determine whether a certain five elements are "in name only" or "really present." This step often determines the strength, weakness, preferences and taboos that follow.

Having a root means that the power has a landing point, but the root has depth, distance, whether it is impacted, whether it is combined, and whether it is ordered. A distant, impinged root has completely different powers than a sitting, strong root. When reading Tonggen, you should not just ask whether it exists, but also where the root is, whether it is stable, and whether it can be used.

The earthly branches and Tibetan stems are divided into main qi, middle qi and residual qi. Not every Tibetan stem participates in equal amounts. When making judgments, you need to look at which qi is the most dominant, which qi is just potential information, and which qi becomes obvious due to leakage or being induced by the movement of the year. Hiding does not mean that it does not exist, but it does not mean that it will take action immediately.

The power of dryness is easier to see and more accessible to events, expressions and external feedback. But if it is transparent but has no roots, it may appear to be in name only; if it is hidden but not transparent, it may have underlying tendencies but may not necessarily appear outwardly. Only by checking each other through and root can we judge the true and false.

To use God, you cannot find it out of thin air. You must see whether the power is real or not. A certain five element seems to be suitable for use as a god, but if it is completely rootless and difficult to activate, the actual usability will be low. Conversely, a certain power that is deeply hidden but deeply rooted may suddenly become critical at the right stage.

The revelation of the heavenly stems only appears on the surface, and the roots of the earthly branches show that this power has a base. Heavenly stems without roots are easy to float, but the power of roots can continue to affect the disk. When making a judgment, you can't just look at whether there are any words in the Tiangan.

The earthly branches are not just a single five elements, there are hidden stems in them. Zanggan explains which forces are hidden within an earthly branch, which ones may be triggered, and which ones are just background. Reading Zanggan allows the article to go from the surface to the bottom.

If a certain Tibetan stem reaches the heavenly stem, or is triggered by the great fortune, its effect will be more obvious. Whether it is transparent or not, whether the root is deep or not, and whether it is combined and clashed will all affect the strength of the judgment.

Rooted abilities, resources, pressure or support are more likely to last in reality; without roots, they may be short-term, superficial, ideas or external stimuli. By translating root energy into a stable source, it will be easier for readers to understand.

The concepts of Four Pillars, Sun Lord, and Root Qi are not isolated knowledge points. Their value lies in helping readers read the disk into structure: who is the center, where there are roots, where is just the surface, and what information echoes each other. If the basic text is not connected to the whole plate, it will be like a dictionary.

Heavenly stems, revealing, and sun masters are more likely to become explicit expressions; earthly branches, Tibetan stems, and root energy are more like underlying inheritance. There is a difference in reality between having the surface but not the bottom layer and having the bottom layer but not showing through the surface. Clarifying this relationship between the outside and inside is the key to deepening the basic text.