| 单词 | sexagenary cycle |
| 释义 | > as lemmassexagenary cycle sexagenary cycle n. [after French cycle sexagénaire (1735 in the passage translated in quot. 1736), itself apparently used to translate Chinese gānzhī < the second element of tiāngān, lit. ‘heaven stem’ (of which there are a set of ten) + the second element of dìzhī, lit. ‘earth branch’ (of which there are a set of twelve), the two systems which, used in combination to count units of time, produce a cycle of sixty] a cycle of sixty years used in the calendar of China and some other countries of the Far East, based on the combination of two basic cycles of ten and twelve. ΚΠ 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China I. 123 These things are already settled according to the current Year of the Sexagenary Cycle [Fr. cycle séxagénaire [sic]], or Chinese Century. 1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. viii. 274 The emperor Yu,..who flourished..about the middle of the third great sexagenary cycle. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 93/1 In ancient Rome there was a 9-day ‘week’; whilst the Egyptians adopted a 10-day grouping and the Chinese a sexagenary cycle. 2005 L. Holford-Strevens Hist. Time vi. 103 There is also a sexagenary cycle used for year, month, day, and shí. < as lemmas |
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