Pair 49 of the sixty

Water Rat壬子

Mulberry Wood, the Na Yin of this pair.

Na Yin
Mulberry Wood
Stem
壬 Ren
Branch
子 Rat
Element
Wood
壬子
Stem above, branch below

壬子癸丑桑柘木者子屬水丑屬金水方生木金則伐之猶桑柘木也

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

1912 · 1972 · 2032 · 2092

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