Fire Dog
Bǐng Xū, yang
- Stem
- 丙 fire, yang
- Branch
- 戌 dog
- 納音
- 屋上土 Earth on the Roof
- Years
- 1946, 2006, 2066
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
Yang fire 丙 over the earth of 戌 gives the Fire Dog a generating pair, since fire makes earth. The stem feeds the branch. 1946 and 2006 are years of this type.
Earth on the Roof is the 納音, which echoes the branch. Sanming Tonghui speaks of a storehouse of things and of affairs brought to a good, rounded end, with yin and yang having completed their passage. The match with 戌 is a feature of the position, and the stem of the year stays fire.
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.