Pair 38 of the sixty

Metal Ox辛丑

Wall Earth, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Wall Earth
Stem
辛 Xin
Branch
丑 Ox
Element
Earth
辛丑
Stem above, branch below

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

1901 · 1961 · 2021 · 2081

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