the twelve Earthly Branches

the meanings of the twelve earthly branches

十二地支的含义

Xushen interpreted the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches as a system of the cycle of the seasons in "Shuowenjiezi".

《说文》中，许慎把“天干”、“地支”都解释为万物在一年中的萌发生长成熟衰亡的循环系统。

The Chinese sexagenary cycle, also known as Stems-and-Branches, is a cyclic numeral system of60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stemsand the twelve Earthly Branches.

中国传统的天干地支纪年法由十干和十二支依次相配，组成六十个基本单位，两者按固定的顺序互相配合而成。

the first of the twelve earthly branches

地支的第一位

Hu Shi established "Hong Lou Meng" the edition study, particularly is very big to armor eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches this discovery and the introduction contribution.

胡适创立了《红楼梦》的版本学，尤其是对甲戌本的发现和介绍贡献很大。