Pair 13 of the sixty

Fire Rat丙子

Stream Water, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Stream Water
Stem
丙 Bing
Branch
子 Rat
Element
Water
丙子
Stem above, branch below

丙子丁丑澗下水者水旺於子衰於丑旺而反衰則不能為江河故曰澗下水也

Tao Zongyi, in Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu

Why this name

Each pair of neighbours in the cycle shares a Na Yin, a poetic element. The explanation below is Tao Zongyi’s, quoted in Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu.

Years with this pair

1936 · 1996 · 2056

Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1, quoting Tao Zongyi.