Earth Rabbit
Jǐ Mǎo, yin
- Stem
- 己 earth, yin
- Branch
- 卯 rabbit
- 納音
- 城頭土 Earth on the City Wall
- Years
- 1939, 1999, 2059
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
己卯 places yin earth on 卯, the Rabbit, whose element is wood, and wood parts earth. Stem yields to branch in this overcoming pair. Find it in 1939 and 1999.
The same 納音, Earth on the City Wall, covers this year and 戊寅. The Ming gloss follows growth from root to flower, with the sepals and blossoms filling out. The stem's earth and the name's earth coincide here, one of the cases where position and element line up.
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.