Bi Jian (Friend): Same as the Day Master, Counted as Support
When you see Bi Jian, do not ask whether it is noble. It has the same element as the day master, and the same yin-yang. If the day master is Jia, Bi Jian is another Jia. In the strength reading it supports: it stands on your side, shares the weight, and also shares the same pool of resources.
When the day master is weak, Bi Jian is help. Your own qi is not enough, and someone of the same kind makes the matter easier to carry, so a task can be finished by you. When the day master is already strong, another Jia is not a bonus. The force is already enough. More of the same kind competes for position and for who decides. It is not one more patron.
So the sentence should not be "brothers are good" or "Bi Jian breaks wealth." It answers one thing: is this breath the same kind as the day master. Whether it is wanted depends on strong or weak first. The label can say "peer, self-reliant." It cannot replace the strength reading.
One Bi Jian on the chart is not a companion for life. See which pillar it sits on, and whether that pillar clashes or combines with the day master. Support is a five-element class. Pull on the pillar still follows the relation. This piece does not re-judge that.
Source: the chapter on Bi Jian in *Ziping Zhenquan*. This is Ichinen's own reading.