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THE CHINESE CYCLE OF SIXTY YEARS,

Commences with the 61st year of the Emperor Hwangtí,

or 2637 years before Christ.

甲寅 甲申甲午甲辰

1835

丙申

1836

丙午

1846

1856

甲子

甲戌

1904

1814

1824

1834

1844

1854

乙丑

乙亥

乙酉

乙未乙

1805

1815

1825

1845

1855

丙寅

丙子

丙子

丙戌

丙辰

1806

1816

1826

丁外

丁丑丁亥

1807

1817

1827

戊戌

1808年

1818

1828

已巳| 已外

已丑

己丑己亥

1809

1319

1829

庚午

庚辰

庚寅

戊辰戊寅| 戊子

1810

辛未

1811

壬申

1812

癸酉

1813

1820

辛巳 辛巳

1921

壬午

1822

癸未

1823

1830

丁酉

1837

1838

丁未

1847-

戊申

1848

己亥 己酉

1839

1849

庚子庚戌

1940

辛辛丑

1831

壬辰

壬辰

1832

癸巳

1833

1841

壬寅 壬寅

1342

1850

辛亥

1851

壬子

T已

1857

戊午

1858

己未

1859

庚申

1860

辛酉

1861

壬子壬戌

1852

癸 癸丑

1843

1853

1862

癸亥

1863

The Chinese year is luni-solar, comprising twelve lunar mort'is, to which an intercalary month is added, when requisite to preserve correspondence with the solar year. When, during a lunar month, the sun does not enter any sign of the Zodiac, that month is inter- calary, and the year contains th`rteen months,