Pair 14 of the sixty

Fire Ox丁丑

Stream Water, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Stream Water
Stem
丁 Ding
Branch
丑 Ox
Element
Water
丁丑
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

1937 · 1997 · 2057

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