in the Chinese and European Calendars.
The Chinese have from a very early date composed nearly all their cycles only of two elementary cycles, one of ten, and the other of twelve members. The names of the decimal-cycle or the ten stems are :
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+ * F +=+= No 1. Kiah 2. Yih 3. Ping 4. Ting 5. Wu 6. Ki 7. King 8. Sin 9. Jön 10. Kwei * No 1924 1. Kiah. Tore 55 2. yih - th ow 3. Ping-Yin 4. Ting-Mas ? Yến Liên 6. Ki - Sze Ý kêng Hu Wu and the names of the duodecimal-cycle or of the twelve branches : No 1. Tize 2. Chow 3. Yin 4. Mar s. then 6. Szl 7. Wi 8. Wei I. Shen ENELYNEK 11. Sü 12, đại 4. 2 Table (1) +ČESKU+KK When combining these stems and branches two by two, beginning with Kiah-Tsze and repeating both series until both commence at the same time, the same combination returns, after the decimal cycle has been repeated six times and the duodecimal cycle five. Thus we obtain the following sexagesimal cycle, called Kiah-Tsze:
Table (3) Table (2) Ni 8 Sin-Wei 9. Ý Yên Yên 10 Kive.. you 11. Kiah - Sü 12. Yih - Hai 13. Ting-Tize 14. Ting-Chow |
