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Time Concepts |
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The name San (3) Yuan (cycle) indicates that there are three cycles of time. Each cycle covers 60 years. This 60 year span is furthre divided into three blocks of twenty years referred to as "periods" and every two years is governed by a ruling trigram (Gua). Are you confused yet...the table below may help you understand it better: |
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| Upper Period |
| Period 1: 1864~1883 - Gua |
| Period 2: 1884~1903 - Kun |
| Period 3: 1904~1923 - Zhen |
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Looking at the table on the left, you can say that we are now in the Lower Periods and that from the year 2004 to 2023, will be governed by the Period 8. |
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| Middle Period |
| Period 4: 1924~1943 - Xun |
| Period 5: 1944~1963 |
| Period 6: 1964~1983 - Qian |
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| Lower Period |
| Period 7: 1984~2003 - Dui |
| Period 8: 2004~2023 - Gen |
| Period 9: 2024~2043 - Li |
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