Earth Pig
Jǐ Hài, yin
- Stem
- 己 earth, yin
- Branch
- 亥 pig
- 納音
- 平地木 Wood of the Plain
- Years
- 1959, 2019, 2079
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
Earth dams water, the relation between the stem 己, which is yin earth, and the branch 亥, the Pig, which is water. Stem overcomes branch. 1959 and 2019 are recent cases.
The same Wood of the Plain covers 戊戌 and 己亥. Think of a root waiting underground, for that is the handbook's picture of it. Wood is in neither half of the pair, a good example of 納音 as a label attached to position.
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.