Pair 30 of the sixty

Water Snake癸巳

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

Na Yin
Long-Flowing Water
Stem
癸 Gui
Branch
巳 Snake
Element
Water
癸巳
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

1953 · 2013 · 2073

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