arth mouse
26 Chere oukhere Earth ox
27 Temur bara Iron tiger
28 Temur tole Iron hare
29 Oussou lou Water dragon
30 Oussou makhe Water serpent
31 Moto mori Wooden horse
32 Moto khoui Wooden ram
33 Gal betchi Fire monkey
34 Gal takia Fire chicken
35 Chere nokhe Earth dog
36 Chere khakhe Earth pig
37 Temur khouloukhana Iron mouse
38 Temur oukhere Iron ox
39 Oussou bara Water tiger
40 Oussou tole Water hare
41 Moto lou Wooden dragon
42 Moto mokhe Wooden serpent
43 Gal mori Fire horse
44 Gal khoui Fire ram
45 Chere betchi Earth monkey
46 Chere takia Earth fowl
47 Temur mokhe Iron dog
48 Temur khakhe Iron pig
49 Oussou khouloukhana Water mouse
50 Oussou oukhere Water ox
51 Moto bara Wooden tiger
52 Moto tole Wooden hare
53 Gal lou Fire dragon
54 Gal mokhe Fire serpent
55 Chere mori Earth horse
56 Chere khoui Earth ram
57 Temur betchi Iron monkey
58 Temur takia Iron fowl
59 Oussou nokhe Water dog
60 Oussou khakhe Water pig

As this cycle returns periodically every sixty years, it may be imagined
that great confusion might occur in chronology, if they had not a sure
method of fixing the past sexagenary cycles. To obviate this
inconvenience, the sovereigns give to each year of their reign a
particular name, and by this means the cyclic epochs are fixed in a way
to leave no doubt. Thus the Mongols say, "The twenty-eighth year
Tao-Kouang, which is that of the fiery ram (1848.)" In China, the
present sexagenary cycle commenced with the year 1805, and the years
Tao-Kouang date from 1820, the epoch when the Emperor now reigning
mounted the throne. It is to be observed that Chun-Tchi, Khang-Hi,
Young-Tching, Kien-Long, Kia-King, Tao-Kouang, are not at all the names
of the six first Emperors of the Mantchou dynasty, but special
denominations to denote the years of their reign.

The Thibetians have adopted the use of the denary and duodenary cycles.
But by making them undergo more numerous combinations than the Mongols,
they obtain a cy