Wood Pig
Yǐ Hài, yin
- Stem
- 乙 wood, yin
- Branch
- 亥 pig
- 納音
- 山頭火 Fire on the Mountaintop
- Years
- 1935, 1995, 2055
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
Water feeds wood, and 乙亥 has both: the branch 亥, the Pig, is water, and the stem 乙 is yin wood. The branch nourishes the stem, a pattern the Wood Pig shares with 甲子. Past years of this type are 1935 and 1995.
Fire on the Mountaintop is again the name, and it covers 甲戌 and 乙亥 together. Sanming Tonghui says its light flies off and goes to rest, hidden from view. The pairing of a flame with a wood and water year is one more sign that the 納音 tracks position in the sixty and owes nothing to the stem.
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.