Pair 29 of the sixty

Water Loong壬辰

Long-Flowing Water, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Long-Flowing Water
Stem
壬 Ren
Branch
辰 Loong
Element
Water
壬辰
Stem above, branch below

壬辰癸巳長流水者辰為水庫巳為金長生之地金生則水性已存以庫水而逢生金則泉源終不竭故曰長流水也

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

1952 · 2012 · 2072

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