力 Strength 「ちから」
【土】earth confidence, instinct, impulsive
勇→生→狡
智→克→美
| Virtue | 土 Element |
| 生→狡 Strength consumes Cunning |
生→火 Fire produces Earth (ash, lava) Earth smothers Fire |
| 勇→生 Courage consumes Strength |
金→生 Earth bears Metal Metal impoverishs Earth (mining) |
| 智→克 Wisdom controls Strength |
木→克 Wood (roots) grasps Earth Wood depletes Earth of nutrients Earth rots Wood |
| 克→美 Strength controls Beauty Strength overbears Beauty Water undermines Strength |
克→水 Earth directs Water Earth obstructs Water Water muddies Earth |