Earth Tiger
Wù Yín, yang
- Stem
- 戊 earth, yang
- Branch
- 寅 tiger
- 納音
- 城頭土 Earth on the City Wall
- Years
- 1938, 1998, 2058
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
Wood parts earth, and in 戊寅 it is the branch that does so: 寅, the Tiger, is wood and 戊 is yang earth. The overcoming cycle therefore runs upward from branch to stem. 1938 and 1998 show the type.
Earth on the City Wall is the 納音, a name that matches the stem. Sanming Tonghui speaks of energy able to bring things to completion and of growth starting at the root. The match is part of how the names are distributed across the sixty and adds no extra meaning 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.