The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches began as early as 2697 BC, when the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of China, ordered the Darao family to explore the qi of heaven and earth and explore the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth). The ten Heavenly Stems are A, B, B, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, and the ten Heavenly Stems such as Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The two earthly branches cooperate with each other to form sixty years, which are used as symbols of the calendar.
The Chinese calendar uses the time it takes the moon to orbit the earth once (29.5306 days) as one month, and the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun (365.2419 days) as one year. In order to make the average number of days in a year and the tropical year If the days match, a leap month is set. According to records, in the sixth century BC, China began to adopt the nineteen-year seven-leap month method to coordinate the lunar and solar calendars.
The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are symbols that were set up by people in the past to make it easier to make hexadecimal numbers when they established the calendar. To the ancient Chinese, the existence of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches was as simple as Arabic numerals. Later, they began to use these symbols on maps, directions and time (time axis and space axis), so these numbers were assigned It means more and more.
The ancients (some say the Yellow Emperor) observed the synodic moons and found that the length of two synodic months is about 59 days. The 12 synodic months are roughly more than 354 days (similar to the length of a tropical year), so the ancients got the concept of 12 months in a year. In combination with the diary method (ten heavenly stems), the yin and yang calendar was produced, and the current heavenly stems and earthly branches developed; it should have been more mature during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Heavenly stems and earthly branches are referred to as stems and branches, which are used to arrange year numbers and dates in the lunar calendar.
The calendar uses heavenly stems and earthly branches to organize year numbers and dates. Heavenly stems have ten characters, so they are also called "ten stems". Their arrangement order is: A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui; the twelve characters of the Earthly Branches are arranged in the order: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai. Among them, A, B, E, Geng and Ren are Yang stems, and B, Ding, Ji, Xin and Gui are Yin stems. Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, and Xu are Yang branches, and Chou, Mao, Si, Wei, You, and Hai are Yin branches.
Match one stem and one earthly branch and arrange them so that the heavenly stem is in front and the earthly branch is behind. The heavenly stem starts from A, the earthly branch starts from Zi, the Yang stem is opposite to the Yang branch, and the Yin stem is to the Yin branch (the Yang stem does not match the Yin branch) branch, the Yin stem does not match the Yang branch), resulting in a cycle of sixty years. It is called "Sixty Jiazi" or "Huajiazi". In the past, our people used the sixty-year cycle to mark the year, month, day, and time.
The twenty-two symbols of the heavenly stems and earthly branches are intricate and orderly, full of harmony and regularity. It shows the laws of nature's operation, the interaction of real-time (time) and space (direction), and the results of the effects of "Yin" and "Yang". The Chinese calendar contains the ideas of yin and yang and the five elements and the laws of natural cycles.
Year: Each stem and branch is one year. After sixty stems, the calculation starts from the beginning again, and the cycle continues. Starting from Jiazi, sixty years are called Yijiazi or Yihuajiazi. It is called the stem and branch chronology.
Month: The first month starts with Yin, and the earthly branches of each month are fixed, and then combined with the heavenly stems in sequence; starting from the first month of the first year, Bingyin month, the second month is Dingmao month, and the third month is Wu month. Chen. From Jiazi month to Guihai month, it is sixty Jiazi, exactly five years.
Day: Starting from Jiazi day, arranged in order, sixty days is exactly a cycle of stems and branches.
Hour: It starts from Jiazi hour, but the earthly branches that keep time are fixed, twelve hours a day.
1. Jiazi 2. Yi Chou 3. Bingyin 4. Dingmao 5. Wuchen 6. Jisi 7. Gengwu 8. Xinwei
9. Renshen 10. Guiyou 11. Jiaxu 12. Yihai 13. Bingzi 14. Ding Chou 15. Wuyin 16. Jimao
17. Gengchen 18. Xinsi 19. Renwu 20. Guiwei 21 .Jia Shen 22. Yi You 23. Bing Xu 24. Ding Hai
25. Wu Zi 26. Ji Chou 27. Geng Yin 28. Xin Mao 29. Ren Chen 30. Guisi 31. Jia Wu 32. Yi Wei
33. Bingshen 34. Dingyou 35. Wuxu 36. Jihai 37. Gengzi 38. Xin Chou 39. Ren Yin 40. Guimao
41. Jiachen 42. Yisi 43 .Bingwu 44. Dingwei 45. Wushen 46. Jiyou 47. Gengxu 48. Xinhai
49. Renzi 50. Guichou 51. Jiayin 52. Yimao 53. Bingchen 54. Dingji 55. Wuwu 56. Jiwei
57. Gengshen 58. Xinyou 59. Renxu 60. Guihai
Stem and branch chronology
For example Jiazi is the first year, Yichou is the second year, Bingyin is the third year... Sixty years is one week. When the week is over, the cycle starts again from Jiazi year, and the cycle continues. For example, 1929 was the year of Jisi in the lunar calendar, 1930 was the year of Gengwu in the lunar calendar...and 1989 was the year of Jisi in the lunar calendar again. The Jisi year and Gengwu year we see on the calendar are arranged according to the method of chronology of the stems and branches. Subtract 3 from the remainder divided by 60 in a Gregorian calendar year to get the lunar stem and branch serial number for that year. Then look up the stems and branches above to get the age of the stems and branches. If the serial number is less than or equal to zero, add 60 to the branch serial number. For example, find the stems and branches of 1991; 1991÷60=33+11, the number of stems and branches of the year=11-3=8.
Checking the stems and branches table, we know that this year is the year of Xinwei. Another example is to find the stems and branches of 1983: 1983÷60=33+3, the stem and branch serial number=3-3=0, add 60, and check the stems and branches table to know that the year is Guihai.
The method of tracking the stems and branches of the month
The method of tracking the stems and branches of the month is not widely practiced, and is mainly used by astrologers to calculate horoscopes. The method is: if it is a year of A or Ji, the first month is Bingyin; if it is a year of B or Geng, the first month is Wuyin; if it is a year of B or Xin, the first month is Gengyin, and if it is a year of D or Ren, it is Renyin. , the first month of the year Wu or Gui is Jiayin. Now that the stems and branches of the first month are known, the rest of the months can be deduced according to the order of sixty years.
Stem and branch day counting method
A is the first day, B is the second day, Bing Yin is the third day...60 days are a week. At the end of the week, the cycle starts again from Jiazi Day, and the cycle continues. For example, in the Jisi year of the lunar calendar (1989), the first day of the first lunar month is Dingyou day, and the second day of the first lunar month is Wuxu day... There are exactly 60 days until the seventh day of March, so the second day of March is also Dingyou day.
Stem and branch timekeeping method
The earthly branches of the hours of the day are also determined, so the twelve earthly branches are allocated to the twenty-four hours, from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock at night, which is the Zi hour, and to 1 o'clock When three points are ugly, the rest should be followed. The sky at that time is inferred from the heavenly stem corresponding to that day, and the song is as follows:
Jia and Ji return to A, Yi, Geng and B are the first,
Bing and Xin start from Wu, Ding, Ren and Gengzi Ju,
Where does Wugui come from? Renzi is the true way.
That is, if the day is A or Ji, add A as the sub-hour; if the day is B or Geng, add C as the sub-hour; Shangwu is Wuzi; Dingren is Gengzi; Wugui is Renzi. Once you know the stems and branches of Zi Shi, you can deduce the rest. Miscellaneous Talks about Yi Studies - Sixty Years Period Law
The sixty year period law of social behavior exists objectively. Since ancient times, there have been "red sheep tribulations" of Bingwu and Dingwei turmoil, which cannot be simply dismissed as heresies; the sixty-year cycle of earthquakes, Yangtze River floods, and drought in North China, discerning scientists have summarized effective annual stem and branch predictions Empirical: Investors will not turn a blind eye to the Jiazi cycle pattern of turning days in China's stock market. These cannot be covered up by simply using "feudal superstition".
The calendar of stems and branches has a long history in Chinese culture. In the Book of Changes, "Three days of the first A and three days of the last" and "Ji's day is the revolution" in the "Book of Changes" have shown that it has been in existence long before the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is widely used and continues to this day without interruption. As for why there is a Jiazi periodic law, it is difficult to explain clearly at once. It requires accumulation of experience and in-depth summary. Just like Mendeleev's periodic table of elements in the field of chemistry, only after continuous application and supplement can you gradually be able to tell some truths. Jiazi Cycle Law hopes to achieve this state as soon as possible.
Compared with other periodic laws, the Jiazi periodic law has the following two characteristics. This is where the difficulty lies in deciphering its inner laws.
First, it is the discontinuity, or discreteness, of events. Usually there are regular events, such as the 24 hours in a day, from dark to light, and from light to dark, which continuously change and have deep rules that many people in the world have mastered. But other cases are not like this. For example, the stock market rises and falls, changing forever. According to the order of first and second, it is "chaotic". Therefore, people deny the existence of its regularity and miss the opportunity.
Second, it is the non-inevitability of events, or probability. Even in the same Jiazi and Yichou, the same or similar results may not be repeated repeatedly. In this way, the forecaster loses all confidence in the existence of the periodic law, and no longer continues to explore but looks for new methods. But when the new method fails, thinking about Jiazi again, it is really tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it, what can I do!
Because the Jiazi periodic law has the above characteristics, it is difficult to describe it using simple mathematical induction. For example, commonly used linear equations: Y = a0 + a1 * X1 + a2 *
Forefathers’ eight-character fortune telling and six-line fortune-telling can provide inspiration to future generations. The relationship between the yen and the moon in the horoscope just proves that the event is not inevitable. People born on the same zodiac day but born in different months often display very different or even completely opposite attributes. Similarly, in the stock market, a sharp drop in the last six days does not mean that it will inevitably fall in the next six days, because the monthly order is different. It should be helpful to use the Ziping Bazi method to explore the Jiazi periodicity of the stock market's turning days.
There is also the issue of discreteness, which is both the most confusing and the most fascinating. It can be considered together with the issue of the sequence of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes. Things in the world are ever-changing, and it is inevitable that different events will be discontinuous under the same Jiazi sequence. However, it is discrete but does not lose its inherent regularity. This is what makes the Yi Jing stand out among the others. You know, each Jiazi corresponds to a hexagram. The attributes of each stem and branch are determined by the connotation contained in this hexagram. It is not determined by the hexagram, but by its own order.
For the same hexagram, the six-yao interpretation hexagram tells future generations the different interpretation methods used for different events, which should be effective. The purpose of investing in the stock market is to seek money, and it should be appropriate to study the rise and fall of the stock market according to the method of seeking wealth. For each hexagram, the six lines also indicate the influence of the prosperity of the four seasons and the restraint of the five elements, among which the Jiazi cycle law is included.
It seems to be discrete and unrelated problems, because the hexagrams that have fixed correspondence with the stems and branches form the periodic law of Jiazi, which is wonderful. Adding the influence of years, months, etc., discreteness and regularity are combined into one. If we can understand the relationship between them, our predictions of world affairs will be able to reach a higher level.