Water Pig
Guǐ Hài, yin
- Stem
- 癸 water, yin
- Branch
- 亥 pig
- 納音
- 大海水 Water of the Great Sea
- Years
- 1923, 1983, 2043
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
癸亥 is the last of the sixty, after which the count returns to 甲子. Yin water 癸 stands over 亥, the Pig, also water, so one element fills the year and no cycle divides it. 1983 and 2043 are years of this type.
The 納音 Water of the Great Sea closes the series with an image of capacity. The handbook says it comes without end and takes in without overflowing. Its water matches both the stem and the branch, the only such case among the sixty, and it is still a result of where the pair is placed.
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.