Fire Monkey

Fire Monkey
Fire Monkey
Chinese name
Chinese	丙申
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	bǐngshēn
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Bính Thân
Chữ Hán	丙申
South Korean name
Hangul	병신
Hanja	丙申
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	byeongsin
Japanese name
Kanji	丙申
Kana	ひのえさる; へいしん
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	hinoesaru; heishin

Fire Monkey (Chinese: 丙申; pinyin: bǐngshēn) is the 33rd combination of the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese zodiac. It is preceded by Wood Goat and followed by Fire Rooster. In the traditional correspondence of the Heavenly Stems with the Five Phases, bǐng (丙) represents yang and Fire, while the Earthly Branch shēn (申) corresponds to the Monkey zodiac.^[1]^[2]

Gregorian calendar years

A year of the Fire Monkey occurs every 60 years according to the following table: The chart cannot be correct if the sixty year cycle is followed. The 34th 60 year cyle would be 2040 AD which is missing from the chart.

Associated years
1st millennium	2nd millennium	3rd millennium	4th millennium
36 96 156 216 276 336 396 456 516 576 636 696 756 816 876 936 996	1056 1116 1176 1236 1296 1356 1416 1476 1536 1596 1656 1716 1776 1836 1896 1956	2016 2076 2136 2196 2256 2316 2376 2436 2496 2556 2616 2676 2736 2796 2856 2916 2976	3036 3096 3156 3216 3276 3336 3396 3456 3516 3576 3636 3696 3756 3816 3876 3936 3996

References

↑ Smith, Adam (2011). "The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle and the Ritual Foundations of the Calendar". In Steele, John M. (ed.). Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 1–38. ISBN 9781842179871.
↑ National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. "Glossary on 60 Kanshi or Sexagenary Cycle - ECO, NAOJ".

[1] Smith, Adam (2011). "The Chinese Sexagenary Cycle and the Ritual Foundations of the Calendar". In Steele, John M. (ed.). Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 1–38. ISBN 9781842179871.

[2] National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. "Glossary on 60 Kanshi or Sexagenary Cycle - ECO, NAOJ".

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Heavenly Stems ・ Earthly Branches
01 Wood Rat	02 Wood Ox	03 Fire Tiger	04 Fire Rabbit	05 Earth Dragon	06 Earth Snake
07 Metal Horse	08 Metal Goat	09 Water Monkey	10 Water Rooster	11 Wood Dog	12 Wood Pig
13 Fire Rat	14 Fire Ox	15 Earth Tiger	16 Earth Rabbit	17 Metal Dragon	18 Metal Snake
19 Water Horse	20 Water Goat	21 Wood Monkey	22 Wood Rooster	23 Fire Dog	24 Fire Pig
25 Earth Rat	26 Earth Ox	27 Metal Tiger	28 Metal Rabbit	29 Water Dragon	30 Water Snake
31 Wood Horse	32 Wood Goat	33 Fire Monkey	34 Fire Rooster	35 Earth Dog	36 Earth Pig
37 Metal Rat	38 Metal Ox	39 Water Tiger	40 Water Rabbit	41 Wood Dragon	42 Wood Snake
43 Fire Horse	44 Fire Goat	45 Earth Monkey	46 Earth Rooster	47 Metal Dog	48 Metal Pig
49 Water Rat	50 Water Ox	51 Wood Tiger	52 Wood Rabbit	53 Fire Dragon	54 Fire Snake
55 Earth Horse	56 Earth Goat	57 Metal Monkey	58 Metal Rooster	59 Water Dog	60 Water Pig