Lunar mansion
Xīn
Heart
An almanac describes traditional day-types. It cannot decide health, money, law, marriage or children. Burial, marriage and medical items on these pages are what a book states, never advice.
In the classical sources
心為狐
心 is the fox.
協紀辨方書 卷一
About this entry
The fox belongs to 心 in 協紀辨方書 卷一, picked for looking somewhat like the animal at the center of the 卯 palace. 星厯考原 卷五 writes its group as 危, 畢, 張 and 心, the moon group it calls 太隂.
Monday is the weekday the modern bridge gives the moon. 心 stands after 房 and before 尾 on the list. The appendix at 協紀辨方書 卷三十五 keeps an older rule that 心, 危, 畢 and 張 days are favorable in spring and autumn for making and consecrating images of deities. 星厯考原 also says the year, month and day on which the first 元 began cannot be traced.
Where this text comes from
The Chinese follows the Wikisource typed text of the Siku copy, under its CC BY-SA terms. Statements about the calculator describe its own rules, and modern practice is labeled as modern.
- 協紀辨方書 卷一
Retrieved 2026-11-09
- 星厯考原 卷五
Retrieved 2026-11-09
- 協紀辨方書 卷三十五
Retrieved 2026-11-09
The English here is our own plain wording. Lists keep the items of the source.