Earth Dog
Wù Xū, yang
- Stem
- 戊 earth, yang
- Branch
- 戌 dog
- 納音
- 平地木 Wood of the Plain
- Years
- 1958, 2018, 2078
Each listed year runs from its boundary to the next one, and it depends on the convention. Early dates in the calendar year can belong to the year before.
About this year
Two earths meet in 戊戌, yang 戊 above 戌, the Dog. One element fills the year and neither cycle has anything to do. It recurred in 1958 and 2018.
Wood of the Plain, the 納音, comes as a surprise given all that earth. Sanming Tonghui's reading explains the choice: yin and yang have closed up, and wood's energy has gone back to the root and lies hidden in the soil. The name marks the slot and leaves the earth of the stem unchanged.
Where this text comes from
The 納音 name follows the Wikisource text of 三命通會, volume 1, the only witness we found for the full set of names. The polarity of the stems and branches and the generating and overcoming cycles follow 五行大義 volume 2.
- 三命通會 卷一 (Wikisource 三命通會/卷一, SIMPLIFIED script as stored on Wikisource)
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- 五行大義 卷二 (Wikisource 五行大義/2, traditional script)
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The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.