Pair 57 of the sixty
Metal Monkey庚申
Pomegranate Wood, the Na Yin of this pair.
- Na Yin
- Pomegranate Wood
- Stem
- 庚 Geng
- Branch
- 申 Monkey
- Element
- Wood
庚申辛酉石榴木者申為七月酉為八月此時木則絶矣惟石榴之木反結實故曰石榴木也
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
1920 · 1980 · 2040 · 2100
Sources Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1, quoting Tao Zongyi.