Ink Pond Gushing with Spring Water

Original Text

谓辛巳得癸巳、癸亥。如陈朝议：辛巳、壬辰、癸巳、癸亥是也。推此类，丙寅爱戊寅，戊申爱庚申，己巳爱辛亥，庚午爱壬申，甲戌爱丙寅，壬辰爱甲申，皆同此格，主文贵。

Interpretation

It is said that in the case of Xin Si (Year of the Snake with Xin as the Heavenly Stem), it pairs well with Gui Si (Year of the Snake with Gui as the Heavenly Stem) and Gui Hai (Year of the Pig with Gui as the Heavenly Stem). For example, in the case of the official of the Chen Dynasty: Xin Si, Ren Chen, Gui Si, and Gui Hai. By extrapolating from this kind of example, Bing Yin (Year of the Tiger with Bing as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Wu Yin (Year of the Tiger with Wu as the Heavenly Stem), Wu Shen (Year of the Monkey with Wu as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Geng Shen (Year of the Monkey with Geng as the Heavenly Stem), Ji Si (Year of the Snake with Ji as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Xin Hai (Year of the Pig with Xin as the Heavenly Stem), Geng Wu (Year of the Horse with Geng as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Ren Shen (Year of the Monkey with Ren as the Heavenly Stem), Jia Xu (Year of the Dog with Jia as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Bing Yin (Year of the Tiger with Bing as the Heavenly Stem), and Ren Chen (Year of the Dragon with Ren as the Heavenly Stem) pairs well with Jia Shen (Year of the Monkey with Jia as the Heavenly Stem). All these are of the same pattern and indicate that the person will be honored in the literary field.