Pair 33 of the sixty

Fire Monkey丙申

Fire at the Foot of the Mountain, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Fire at the Foot of the Mountain
Stem
丙 Bing
Branch
申 Monkey
Element
Fire
丙申
Stem above, branch below

丙申丁酉山下火者申為地户酉為日入之門日至此時而藏光故曰山下火也

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

1956 · 2016 · 2076

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