الدورة الستينية
الدورة الستينية | |||
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الصينية | 六十干支 | ||
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Stems-and-Branches | |||
الصينية | 干支 | ||
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الدورة الستينية sexagenary cycle، وتُعرف أيضاً بإسم الجذوع والفروع أو گانژي ganzhi هي دورة من ستين مدة، تُستخدم لمعرفة الزمن في الصين وباقي East Asian cultural sphere.[1] It appears as a means of recording days in the first Chinese written texts, the Shang oracle bones of the late second millennium BC. Its use to record years began around the middle of the 3rd century BC.[2] The cycle and its variations have been an important part of the traditional calendrical systems in Chinese-influenced Asian states and territories, particularly those of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, with the old Chinese system still in use in Taiwan.
This traditional method of numbering days and years no longer has any significant role in modern Chinese time-keeping or the official calendar. However, the sexagenary cycle is used in the names of many historical events, such as the Chinese Xinhai Revolution, the Japanese Boshin War, and the Korean Imjin War. It also continues to have a role in contemporary Chinese astrology and fortune telling.
استعراض

Each term in the sexagenary cycle consists of two Chinese characters, the first being one of the ten Heavenly Stems of the Shang-era week and the second being one of the twelve Earthly Branches representing the years of Jupiter's duodecennial orbital cycle. The first term jiǎzǐ (甲子) combines the first heavenly stem with the first earthly branch. The second term yǐchǒu (乙丑) combines the second stem with the second branch. This pattern continues until both cycles conclude simultaneously with guǐhài (癸亥), after which it begins again at jiǎzǐ. This termination at ten and twelve's least common multiple leaves half of the combinations—such as jiǎchǒu (甲丑)—unused; this is traditionally explained by reference to pairing the stems and branches according to their yin and yang properties.
This combination of two sub-cycles to generate a larger cycle and its use to record time have parallels in other calendrical systems, notably the Akan calendar.[3]
عشرة جذوع سماوية
No. | الجذع السماوي |
الاسم الصيني |
الاسم الياباني |
Korean name |
Vietnamese name |
Yin Yang | Wu Xing | |||
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Mandarin (Pinyin) |
Cantonese (Lau) |
Onyomi | Kunyomi with corresponding kanji |
Romanized | Hangul | |||||
1 | 甲 | jiǎ | gaap3 | kō (こう) | kinoe (木の兄) | gap | 갑 | giáp | yang | wood |
2 | 乙 | yǐ | yuet3 | otsu (おつ) | kinoto (木の弟) | eul | 을 | ất | yin | |
3 | 丙 | bǐng | bing2 | hei (へい) | hinoe (火の兄) | byeong | 병 | bính | yang | fire |
4 | 丁 | dīng | ding1 | tei (てい) | hinoto (火の弟) | jeong | 정 | đinh | yin | |
5 | 戊 | wù | mo6 | bo (ぼ) | tsuchinoe (土の兄) | mu | 무 | mậu | yang | earth |
6 | 己 | jǐ | gei2 | ki (き) | tsuchinoto (土の弟) | gi | 기 | kỷ | yin | |
7 | 庚 | gēng | gang1 | kō (こう) | kanoe (金の兄) | gyeong | 경 | canh | yang | metal |
8 | 辛 | xīn | san1 | shin (しん) | kanoto (金の弟) | shin | 신 | tân | yin | |
9 | 壬 | rén | yam4 | jin (じん) | mizunoe (水の兄) | im | 임 | nhâm | yang | water |
10 | 癸 | guǐ | gwai3 | ki (き) | mizunoto (水の弟) | gye | 계 | quý | yin |
إثناعشر فرعاً أرضياً
No. | Earthly Branch |
الاسم الصيني |
الاسم الياباني |
Korean name |
Vietnamese name |
Vietnamese zodiac |
Chinese zodiac |
Corresponding hours | |||
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Mandarin (pinyin) |
Cantonese (Lau) |
Onyomi | Kunyomi | Romanized | Hangul | ||||||
1 | 子 | zǐ | ji2 | shi | ne | ja | 자 | tý | Rat (chuột;𤝞) | Rat (鼠) | 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. |
2 | 丑 | chǒu | chau2 | chū | ushi | chuk | 축 | sửu | Water buffalo (trâu;𤛠) | Ox (牛) | 1 to 3 a.m. |
3 | 寅 | yín | yan4 | in | tora | in | 인 | dần | Tiger (hổ/cọp;虎/𧲫) | Tiger (虎) | 3 to 5 a.m. |
4 | 卯 | mǎo | maau5 | bō | u | myo | 묘 | mão/mẹo | Cat (mèo;猫) | Rabbit (兔) | 5 to 7 a.m. |
5 | 辰 | chén | san4 | shin | tatsu | jin | 진 | thìn | Dragon (rồng;龍) | Dragon (龍) | 7 to 9 a.m. |
6 | 巳 | sì | ji6 | shi | mi | sa | 사 | tỵ | Snake (rắn;𧋻) | Snake (蛇) | 9 to 11 a.m. |
7 | 午 | wǔ | ng5 | go | uma | o | 오 | ngọ | Horse (ngựa;馭) | Horse (馬) | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
8 | 未 | wèi | mei6 | mi or bi | hitsuji | mi | 미 | mùi | Goat (dê;羝) | Goat (羊) | 1 to 3 p.m. |
9 | 申 | shēn | san1 | shin | saru | shin | 신 | thân | Monkey (khỉ;𤠳) | Monkey (猴) | 3 to 5 p.m. |
10 | 酉 | yǒu | jau5 | yū | tori | yu | 유 | dậu | Rooster (gà;𪂮) | Rooster (雞) | 5 to 7 p.m. |
11 | 戌 | xū | sut1 | jutsu | inu | sul | 술 | tuất | Dog (chó;㹥) | Dog (狗) | 7 to 9 p.m. |
12 | 亥 | hài | hoi6 | gai | i | hae | 해 | hợi | Pig (lợn/heo;𤞼/㺧) | Pig (豬) | 9 to 11 p.m. |
*The names of several animals can be translated into English in several different ways. The Vietnamese Earthly Branches use cat instead of Rabbit.
السنوات الستينية
أظهررقم | الجذع-الفرع | الاسم الصيني | الاسم الكوري | الاسم الياباني | الاسم الڤيتنامي | الاقترانات | AD | BC | الدورة الحالية |
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التحويل بين السنوات الدورية والسنوات الغربية
أمثلة
Step-by-step example to determine the sign for 1967:
- 1967 – 3 = 1964 ("subtracting 3 from the Gregorian year")
- 1964 ÷ 60 = 32 ("divide by 60 and discard any fraction")
- 1964 – (60 × 32) = 44 ("taking the remainder")
- Show one of the Sexagenary Cycle tables (the following section), look for 44 in the first column (No) and obtain Fire Goat (丁未; dīng-wèi).
Step-by-step example to determine the cyclic year of first year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang (246 BC):
- 246 + 2 = 248 ("adding 2 to the Gregorian year number (in BC)")
- 248 ÷ 60 = 4 ("divide by 60 and discard any fraction")
- 248 – (60 × 4) = 8 ("taking the remainder")
- 60 – 8 = 52 ("subtract the remainder from 60")
- Show one of the Sexagenary Cycle table (the following section), look for 52 in the first column (No) and obtain Wood Rabbit (乙卯; yǐ-mǎo).
طريقة مماثلة أقصر
Start from the AD year, take directly the remainder mod 60, and look into column AD:
- 1967 = 60 × 32 + 47. Remainder is therefore 47 and the AD column of the table "Sexagenary years" (just above) gives 'Fire Goat'
For a BC year: discard the minus sign, take the remainder of the year mod 60 and look into column BC:
- 246 = 60 × 4 + 6. Remainder is therefore 6 and the BC column of table "Sexagenary years" (just above) gives 'Wood Rabbit'.
When doing these conversions, year 246 BC cannot be treated as -246 AD due to the lack of a year 0 in the Gregorian AD/BC system.
The following tables show recent years (in the Gregorian calendar) and their corresponding years in the cycles:
1804–1923
أظهرNo. | 1804–1863 | Heavenly stem | Earthly branch | 1864–1923 |
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1924–2043
أظهرNo. | 1924–1983 | Heavenly stem | Earthly branch | 1984–2043 |
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الشهور الستينية
For astrological purposes stems are also necessary, and the months are named using the sexagenary cycle following a five-year cycle starting in a jiǎ (甲; 1st) or jǐ (己; 6th) year. The first month of the jiǎ or jǐ year is a bǐng-yín (丙寅; 3rd) month, the next one is a dīng-mǎo (丁卯; 4th) month, etc., and the last month of the year is a dīng-chǒu (丁丑, 14th) month. The next year will start with a wù-yín (戊寅; 15th) month, etc. following the cycle. The 5th year will end with a yǐ-chǒu (乙丑; 2nd) month. The following month, the start of a jǐ or jiǎ year, will hence again be a bǐng-yín (3rd) month again. The beginning and end of the (solar) months in the table below are the approximate dates of current solar terms; they vary slightly from year to year depending on the leap days of the Gregorian calendar.
Earthly Branches of the certain months | Solar term | Zhongqi (the Middle solar term) | Starts at | Ends at | Names in year of Jia or Ji(甲/己年) | Names in year of Yi or Geng (乙/庚年) | Names in year of Bing or Xin (丙/辛年) | Names in year of Ding or Ren (丁/壬年) | Names in year of Wu or Gui (戊/癸年) |
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Month of Yin (寅月) | Lichun – Jingzhe | Yushui | February 4 | March 6 | Bingyin / 丙寅月 | Wuyin / 戊寅月 | Gengyin / 庚寅月 | Renyin / 壬寅月 | Jiayin / 甲寅月 |
Month of Mao (卯月) |
Jingzhe – Qingming | Chunfen | March 6 | April 5 | Dingmao / 丁卯月 | Jimao / 己卯月 | Xinmao / 辛卯月 | Guimao / 癸卯月 | Yimao / 乙卯月 |
Month of Chen (辰月) | Qingming – Lixia | Guyu | April 5 | May 6 | Wuchen / 戊辰月 | Gengchen / 庚辰月 | Renchen / 壬辰月 | Jiachen / 甲辰月 | Bingchen / 丙辰月 |
Month of Si (巳月) | Lixia – Mangzhong | Xiaoman | May 6 | June 6 | Jisi / 己巳月 | Xinsi / 辛巳月 | Guisi / 癸巳月 | Yisi / 乙巳月 | Dingsi / 丁巳月 |
Month of Wu (午月) | Mangzhong – Xiaoshu | Xiazhi | June 6 | July 7 | Gengwu / 庚午月 | Renwu / 壬午月 | Jiawu / 甲午月 | Bingwu / 丙午月 | Wuwu / 戊午月 |
Month of Wei (未月) | Xiaoshu – Liqiu | Dashu | July 7 | August 8 | Xinwei / 辛未月 | Guiwei / 癸未月 | Yiwei / 乙未月 | Dingwei / 丁未月 | Jiwei / 己未月 |
Month of Shen (申月) | Liqiu – Bailu | Chushu | August 8 | September 8 | Renshen / 壬申月 | Jiashen / 甲申月 | Bingshen / 丙申月 | Wushen / 戊申月 | Gengshen / 庚申月 |
Month of You (酉月) | Bailu – Hanlu | Qiufen | September 8 | October 8 | Guiyou / 癸酉月 | Yiyou / 乙酉月 | Dingyou / 丁酉月 | Jiyou / 己酉月 | Xinyou / 辛酉月 |
Month of Xu (戌月) | Hanlu – Lidong | Shuangjiang | October 8 | November 7 | Jiaxu / 甲戌月 | Bingxu / 丙戌月 | Wuxu / 戊戌月 | Gengxu / 庚戌月 | Renxu / 壬戌月 |
Month of Hai (亥月) | Lidong – Daxue | Xiaoxue | November 7 | December 7 | Yihai / 乙亥月 | Dinghai / 丁亥月 | Jihai / 己亥月 | Xinhai / 辛亥月 | Guihai / 癸亥月 |
Month of Zi (子月) | Daxue – Xiaohan | Dongzhi | December 7 | January 6 | Bingzi / 丙子月 | Wuzi / 戊子月 | Gengzi / 庚子月 | Renzi / 壬子月 | Jiazi / 甲子月 |
Month of Chou (丑月) | Xiaohan – Lichun | Dahan | January 6 | February 4 | Dingchou / 丁丑月 | Jichou / 己丑月 | Xinchou / 辛丑月 | Guichou / 癸丑月 | Yichou / 乙丑月 |
Sexagenary days
Day (stem) |
Month (stem) |
2-digit year mod 40 (stem) |
Century (stem) |
N | Century (branch) |
2-digit year mod 16 (branch) |
Month (branch) |
Day (branch) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julian mod 2 |
Gregorian | Julian mod 4 |
Gregorian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
00 | 10 | 20 | 30 | Aug | 00 | 02 | 21 | 23 | 00 | 16 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 07 | Nov | 00 | 12 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
01 | 11 | 21 | 31 | Sep | Oct | 04 | 06 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 01 | 14 | 01 | 13 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
02 | 12 | 22 | Nov | Dec | 08 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 19 | 02 | 16 | 19 | 05 | Feb | Apr | 02 | 14 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
03 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 35 | 03 | 03 | 22 | 03 | 12 | Feb | Jun | 03 | 15 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
04 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 37 | 39 | 17 | 24 | 04 | 10 | Aug | 04 | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
05 | 15 | 25 | 01 | 03 | 20 | 22 | 01 | 22 | 15 | 05 | 15 | 01 | Oct | 05 | 17 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
06 | 16 | 26 | 05 | 07 | 24 | 26 | 06 | 02 | 18 | 08 | 15 | Dec | 06 | 18 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
07 | 17 | 27 | Mar | Jan | 09 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 07 | 21 | 06 | Jan | Mar | 07 | 19 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
08 | 18 | 28 | Jan | Apr | May | Feb | 13 | 15 | 32 | 34 | 18 | 08 | 24 | 13 | Jan | May | 08 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
09 | 19 | 29 | Feb | Jun | Jul | 17 | 19 | 36 | 38 | 23 | 09 | 01 | 04 | 11 | Jul | 09 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dates with the pale yellow background indicate they are for this year. | 10 | 17 | 02 | 10 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 20 | 23 | 09 | Sep | 11 | 23 |
- N for the year: (5y + [y/4]) mod 10, y = 0–39 (stem); (5y + [y/4]) mod 12, y = 0–15 (branch)
- N for the Gregorian century: (4c + [c/4] + 2) mod 10 (stem); (8c + [c/4] + 2) mod 12 (branch), c ≥ 15
- N for the Julian century: 5c mod 10, c = 0–1 (stem); 9c mod 12, c = 0–3 (branch)
The table above allows one to find the stem & branch for any given date. For both the stem and the branch, find the N for the row for the century, year, month, and day, then add them together. If the sum for the stems' N is above 10, subtract 10 until the result is between 1 and 10. If the sum for the branches' N is above 12, subtract 12 until the result is between 1 and 12.
For any date before October 15, 1582, use the Julian century column to find the row for that century's N. For dates after October 15, 1582, use the Gregorian century column to find the century's N. When looking at dates in January and February of leap years, use the bold & italic Feb and Jan.
أمثلة
- Step-by-step example to determine the stem-branch for October 1, 1949.
- Stem
- (day stem N + month stem N + year stem N + century stem N) = number of stem. If over 10, subtract 10 until within 1 - 10.
- Day 1: N = 1,
- Month of October: N = 1,
- Year 49: N = 7 ,
- 49 isn't on the table, so we'll have to mod 49 by 40. This gives us year 9, which we can follow to find the N for that row.
- Century 19: N = 2.
- (1 + 1 + 7 + 2) = 11. This is more than 10, so we'll subtract 10 to bring it between 1 and 10.
- 11 - 10 = 1,
- Stem = 1, 甲.
- (day stem N + month stem N + year stem N + century stem N) = number of stem. If over 10, subtract 10 until within 1 - 10.
- Branch
- (day branch N + month branch N + year branch N + century branch N)= number of branch. If over 12, subtract 12 until within 1 - 12.
- Day 1: N = 1,
- Month of October: N = 5,
- Year 49: N = 5,
- Again, 49 is not in the table for year. Modding 49 by 16 gives us 1, which we can look up to find the N of that row.
- Century 19: N = 2.
- (1 + 5 + 5 + 2) = 13. Since 13 is more than 12, we'll subtract 12 to bring it between 1 and 12.
- 13 - 12 = 1,
- Branch = 1, 子.
- (day branch N + month branch N + year branch N + century branch N)= number of branch. If over 12, subtract 12 until within 1 - 12.
- Stem-branch = 1, 1 (甲子, 1 in sexagenary cycle = 32 - 5 + 33 + 1 - 60).
- Stem
أظهر More detailed examples
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Sexagenary hours
Stem of the day | Zǐ hour 子时 23:00–1:00 |
Chǒu hour 丑时 1:00–3:00 |
Yín hour 寅时 3:00–5:00 |
Mǎo hour 卯时 5:00–7:00 |
Chén hour 辰时 7:00–9:00 |
Sì hour 巳时 9:00–11:00 |
Wǔ hour 午时 11:00–13:00 |
Wèi hour 未时 13:00–15:00 |
Shēn hour 申时 15:00–17:00 |
Yǒu hour 酉时 17:00–19:00 |
Xū hour 戌时 19:00–21:00 |
Hài hour 亥时 21:00–23:00 |
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Jia or Ji day (甲/己) |
1 甲子 | 2乙丑 | 3 丙寅 | 4 丁卯 | 5 戊辰 | 6 己巳 | 7 庚午 | 8 辛未 | 9 壬申 | 10 癸酉 | 11 甲戌 | 12 乙亥 |
Yi or Geng day (乙/庚) |
13 丙子 | 14 丁丑 | 15 戊寅 | 16 己卯 | 17 庚辰 | 18 辛巳 | 19 壬午 | 20 癸未 | 21 甲申 | 22 乙酉 | 23 丙戌 | 24 丁亥 |
Bing or Xin day (丙/辛) |
25 戊子 | 26 己丑 | 27 庚寅 | 28 辛卯 | 29 壬辰 | 30 癸巳 | 31 甲午 | 32 乙未 | 33 丙申 | 34 丁酉 | 35 戊戌 | 36 己亥 |
Ding or Ren day (丁/壬) |
37 庚子 | 38 辛丑 | 39 壬寅 | 40 癸卯 | 41 甲辰 | 42 乙巳 | 43 丙午 | 44 丁未 | 45 戊申 | 46 己酉 | 47 庚戌 | 48 辛亥 |
Wu or Gui day (戊/癸) |
49 壬子 | 50 癸丑 | 51 甲寅 | 52 乙卯 | 53 丙辰 | 54 丁巳 | 55 戊午 | 56 己未 | 57 庚申 | 58 辛酉 | 59 壬戌 | 60 癸亥 |
انظر أيضاً
- Chinese calendar
- Lunisolar calendar
- Tai Sui
- Samvatsara
- Xinhai Revolution, named after the "Yin Metal Pig" year 1911
- Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) – Korean name of the event, "Imjin War", named after the "Yang Water Dragon/Imjin" year 1592.
الهامش
مراجع
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jikkan-jūnishi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 420.
- ^ Smith (2011), pp. 1, 28.
- ^ For the Akan calendar, see Bartle (1978).
المصادر
- Bartle, P. F. W. (1978). "Forty days: the Akan calendar". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 48 (1): 80–84. doi:10.2307/1158712.
- Kalinowski, Marc (2007). "Time, space and orientation: figurative representations of the sexagenary cycle in ancient and medieval China". In Francesca Bray (ed.). Graphics and text in the production of technical knowledge in China : the warp and the weft. Leiden: Brill. pp. 137–168. ISBN 978-90-04-16063-7.
- Smith, Adam (2011). "The Chinese sexagenary cycle and the ritual origins of the calendar". In John Steele (ed.). Calendars and years II : astronomy and time in the ancient and medieval world. Oxford: Oxbow. pp. 1–37. ISBN 978-1-84217-987-1.