Pair 37 of the sixty
Metal Rat庚子
Wall Earth, the Na Yin of this pair.
- Na Yin
- Wall Earth
- Stem
- 庚 Geng
- Branch
- 子 Rat
- Element
- Earth
庚子辛丑壁上土者丑雖土家正位而子則水旺之地土見水多則為泥也故曰壁上土也
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
1900 · 1960 · 2020 · 2080
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1, quoting Tao Zongyi.