BaZi · Glossary
Red Horse & Red Sheep Years (Bingwu & Dingwei)
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-07-27 · 1 min read
"Red horse and red sheep" (chi ma hong yang) is the folk name for the sexagenary year-pair bingwu ("red horse", fire-horse) and dingwei ("red sheep", fire-sheep) — a tradition, attested since the Song era, of treating these paired years as eventful. The most recent pair was 1966–1967; the next is 2026–2027.
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
巳属蛇，辰属龙，丙午丁未为天池。
甲辰偏库之火多火助之吉所谓同气之求以资其不足若见戊辰戊戌木生之为贵格忌壬辰壬戌丙午丁未水最毒五行要论云甲辰为天将之火含敏速峻烈之气入贵格则为特达为文魁利秋冬不利于夏乙巳临官之火水不能尅葢水绝于巳得水济之则为纯粹若得二三火助之亦佳五行要论云乙巳火含纯阳巽发之气
赖有丙火进气，制杀福神，早行壬且破丙，颇受艰辛，一入南方，丙午丁未克杀之地，五福俱全，入申杀旺方死。
天地丙午丁未二十年，妻子皆伤，家业破尽。
乙巳丙午丁未同，重重壬子主孤穷。
甲辰偏库之火，多火助之吉，所谓同气相救，以资其不足，若见戊辰戊戌木生之为贵格，忌壬辰壬戌丙午丁未水最毒。
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