Fire Ox
Dīng Chǒu, yin
- Stem
- 丁 fire, yin
- Branch
- 丑 ox
- 納音
- 澗下水 Water Beneath the Ravine
- Years
- 1937, 1997, 2057
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
Fire makes earth, and 丁丑 shows that movement with yin fire in the stem and the earth of 丑, the Ox, below. The stem generates the branch. 1937 and 1997 are examples.
Water Beneath the Ravine continues from 丙子. This time the water has no tie to stem or branch at all, which shows how far a 納音 can sit from the visible elements of a year. The Ming account stresses a flow that has not yet found open passage.
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.