are the following: 乙亥 (yǐhài) – The Wood Pig 丁亥 (dīnghài) – The Fire Pig 己亥 (jǐhài) – The Earth Pig 辛亥 (xīnhài) – The Metal Pig 癸亥 (guǐhài) – The Water...

that his successor Ziying ruled as a king, not emperor. Huhai (Chinese: 胡亥) was the personal name of the Second Emperor. Its Old Chinese pronunciation...

pattern continues until both cycles conclude simultaneously with guǐhài (癸亥), after which it begins again at jiǎzǐ. This termination at ten and twelve's...

corresponds to 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. (孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒...)) Volume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King...

亥、中車府令趙高常從。高雅得幸於胡亥，欲立之，又怨蒙毅法治之而不為己也。因有賊心，乃與丞相李斯、公子胡亥陰謀，立胡亥為太子。太子已立，遣使者以罪賜公子扶蘇、蒙恬死。扶蘇已死，蒙恬疑而復請之。使者以蒙恬屬吏，更置。胡亥以李斯舍人為護軍。使者還報，胡亥已聞扶蘇死，即欲釋蒙恬。趙高恐蒙氏復貴而用事，怨之。)...

11 jiǎxū (甲戌) Wood Dog 1994 83 0712-0911 4691 February 9 12 2,12 yǐhài (乙亥) Wood Pig 1995 84 0712-0912 4692 January 31 13 3,1 bǐngzǐ (丙子) Fire Rat 1996...

character si (巳) was the image of a snake, and the same was true for hai (亥) and shi (豕; 'pig'). Since the twelve Earthly Branches of the zodiac were...

in Taoist practice. The twelve Earthly Branches are: 子 丑 寅 卯 辰 巳 午 未 申 酉 戌 亥 The branches each have specific names in languages of the Sinosphere—which...

兼天下，极情纵欲，养育宗亲。三十七年，兵无所不加，制作政令，施於後王。盖得圣人之威，河神授图，据狼、狐，蹈参、伐，佐政驱除，距之称始皇。始皇既殁，胡亥极愚，郦山未毕，复作阿房，以遂前策。云“凡所为贵有天下者，肆意极欲，大臣至欲罢先君所为”。诛斯、去疾，任用赵高。痛哉言乎！人头畜鸣。不威不伐恶，不笃...

Ōei no gaikō), also known as the Gihae Expedition (Korean: 기해동정; Hanja: 己亥東征; RR: Gihae dongjeong), was a 1419 Joseon invasion of Tsushima Island, which...