Bing
Bing (丙, bǐng) is a yang heavenly stem of fire, in the south, in summer.
Tradition · ChineseHeavenly Stem
A note on this entry
The ten stems are the yang/yin pairs of the five phases. The earth stems Wu and Ji have no compass direction and are not placed on the 24-mountain ring.
Correspondences
- Number
- 3
- Direction
- South
Sacred timing
- Phase
- Fire
- Season
- Summer
Nature and meaning
- Pinyin
- Bǐng
- Chinese
- 丙
Details
- Polarity
- Yang
- Keywords
- ThirdBrightnessBlazeSunVisibility
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More in Chinese calendar
The entries either side of this one in the same catalogue.
- Yi Yi (乙, yǐ) is a yin heavenly stem of wood, in the east, in spring.
- Ding Ding (丁, dīng) is a yin heavenly stem of fire, in the south, in summer.
- Jia Jia (甲, jiǎ) is a yang heavenly stem of wood, in the east, in spring.
- Wu Wu (戊, wù) is a yang heavenly stem of earth, in the center, in late summer.
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- Ji Ji (己, jǐ) is a yin heavenly stem of earth, in the center, in late summer.
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