Re: tlug: Server Name?

[kenhrd@example.com]

<19980301220500.303.qmail@example.com>の記事において
etrius@example.comさんは書きました。
>> >> We have
>> >>   1) subway stations in Tokyo 
>> >>   2) rivers in Tokyo
>> >>   3) Japanese zodiac signs 
>> >        ^^^^^^^^
>> > Sorry if I'm wrong, but I think the origin is Chinese.
>> 
>> Yes, the origin is Chinese, but the Japanese did what the always do, the
>> borrow and then make it Japanese. The Chinese use yin/yang in addition
>> to the animals while the Japanese use big brother/little brother
>> together with the five elements in addition to the animals (thereof the
>> importance of your 60'th birthday (a full zodiac cycle takes 60 years)).
>> If I'm not mistaken they have changed some of the animals too, I don't
>> think rabbit is part of the Chinese system, instead they use cat for
>> those years.

Well, I think a bit different.

甲	Kou	Kinoe		(Ki:木 wood)(e: big brother)
乙	Otsu	Kinoto		(to: little brother)
丙	Hei	Hinoe		(Hi:火 fire)
丁	Tei	Hinoto
戊	Bo	Tsuchinoe	(Tsuchi:土 soil)
己	Ki	Tsuchinoto
庚	Kou	Kanoe		(Kane:金 metal)
辛	Shin	Kanoto
壬	Jin	Mizunoe		(Mizu:水 water)
癸	Ki	Mizunoto	

The 60 year cyclic counting is like:

甲子	year 1	Kinoe-Ne
乙丑	year 2	Kinoto-Ushi
...
壬戌	year 59	Mizunoe-Inu
癸亥	year 60	Mizunoto-I

--

Big/Little brother can be also considered as Yin/Yang (In-You in
Japanese).  Anyway it is Chinese origin and not with much change.  
I don't know rabit/cat issue.

Regards,


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Ken Harada (原田　健)
Hayama, japan
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