Born in spring: it is better to have fire and water, but avoid too much water and too much soil.

Born in summer: there must be water to help, avoid too much soil and too much wood.

Born in autumn: you must have gold to help you, but avoid too much gold. You must have soil and fire, but avoid too much water.

Born in winter: there must be fire to help, preferably soil and water.

2. When the sun is dry and the fire is burning (C and D):

Born in spring: It must be C fire or Ding Huo at this time, which is mostly good, but avoid too much wood and soil.

Born in summer: You must have water to help you, and gold is your favorite.

Born in autumn: I like wood, but I don't like water and soil.

Born in winter: there must be wood to help, avoid water and gold, and like soil, water and wood.

3. When the sun is dry and the earth is dry (E, E):

Born in spring: I like fire and wood, I like gold but little, and I avoid gold and wood.

Born in summer: I prefer water and gold to wood.

Born in autumn: I like fire, wood, gold and water.

Born in winter: I like fire, more like fire and gold, and I like soil and wood.

4. When the sun is dry for gold (Geng, Xin):

Born in spring: I like earth and fire, but I don't like earth and gold.

Born in summer: there must be water to help, avoid more trees.

Born in autumn: I like wood and fire, but I don't like soil.

Born in winter: there must be fire and soil to help each other. Avoid no fire, but there is gold and water in the soil. Avoid wood without fire.

5. When the sun is dry and the sky is water (nonyl, decyl):

Born in spring: there must be soil to help, if there is fire, gold, but avoid more gold.

Born in summer: there must be gold to help, avoid more trees.

Born in autumn: there must be gold to help, avoid soil, gold and water, like wood and fire.

Born in winter: there must be fire to help, like water more, but avoid gold more.

For example, if someone was born in the year of Ding Chou, the month of Gui Chou, the day of Bing Wu, and the time of Ding You, then the birthdates of this person is: Ding Chou, Gui Chou, Bing Wu, and Ding You. According to the correspondence between heavenly stems and earthly branches and the five elements mentioned earlier, Ding belongs to fire, ugly belongs to soil, decyl belongs to water, ugly belongs to soil, C belongs to fire, noon belongs to fire, Ding belongs to fire, unitary belongs to gold, and the eight characters are four fires, two soils, one water and one gold, and the sun is dry for C fire, born in the ugly month, that is, December in winter. According to the above table, the most lacking is wood, but this character is four fires, and the sun is very dry. Such as year, month and day, but when born in Wuzi, the eight characters are three fires, three soils and two waters, lacking wood and gold.

So birthdates cannot be changed. What can be done to remedy its shortcomings? The ancients thought that names could do this. That is, what is missing in the eight characters and five elements, what is added in the name, for example, the above-mentioned lack of wood, the name can be called wood, or the words beside wood, such as Tongbai and Rusong, or wooden things, such as Liang Dong. If there are many missing trees, there will be many trees in the name, such as Woods or even forests.

It is an ancient custom to name it after the five elements in the eight characters. In his novel "Hometown", Lu Xun wrote this account:

I've heard the name "leap soil" for a long time, and I know that he and I are as old as a leap moon, and the five elements are short of soil, so his father called him "leap soil".

This is a typical example. In fact, in ancient times, when a child was born, it was very common for parents to go to Mr. Shu to work out the child's birthdates and five elements. When dating in the future, this birthdates will not conflict with her spouse. So there are also many people named after it. What kind of name to choose depends on the degree of the lack of five elements in the eight characters. Liu Song, for example, may be short of wood in five elements, but not much. Liu Songlin, for example, is short of wood, and Liu Senlin, for example, is short of wood. In ancient times, some people with the names of Sen, Yan, Xin, Miao and Yao were common, but they generally missed one of the five elements. If there is a shortage of both, we should make up for them. For example, those who lack gold and wood can be called Jingui, those who lack water and soil can be called Tian Yu, and those who lack gold and fire can be called Jinyan. Because birthdates has eight characters, it's rare that the five elements are missing the third.

The above is a method of naming with the theory of five elements. Another method is also very common, that is, to name the family lineage by using the principle of five elements. In fact, in birthdates, no matter what is lacking or not, there is always one line that is the main one, and this line will dominate the fate. Take the above example of 19371February 13. He is fire of life. Then there are water life, earth life, gold life and wood life. According to the fortune teller, this is the virtue of this person, which is the basis for his survival. This statement can be said to originate from the analysis of the ancient dynasties. During the Warring States Period, there was a Qi native, Zou Yan, who founded the theory of "Five Virtues at the Beginning", and believed that every dynasty had virtues that matched the five elements, which was the foundation of the country. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation and became a stereotyped theory. For example, the Shang Dynasty was a virtue of water, while the Han Dynasty was a virtue of fire, and the Song Dynasty was a virtue of fire, so there was a saying that Liu and Song were inflamed. Regarding the law of dynasty change, some people hold the theory of mutual development. For example, my grandfather was born with water, aquatic wood, my father was born with wood, wood made a fire, and my son was fire of life. To get a guarantor, it is necessary to match it, take the word on the side of the five acts, and the father and son are one after another, forming the order of the five elements. For example, Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Song Dynasty, has four words, namely fire. His father's name is Zhu Song, and his son's name is Zhu Shu. Wood makes a fire, and the fire is born in the earth, which is not chaotic at all. This method of naming the five elements can not only express the paternal blood relationship, but also look at the generation of the traveler, so it is somewhat similar to the generation of the genealogy, which is of great ethical significance and is used by many ancient people.