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The Xin-Chou Tai Sui: General Yang Xin
A merchant who kept every promise, even when a storm ruined his goods.
- Guardian of
- People born in a Xin-Chou year, the Year of the Ox
- Born between
- Feb 15, 1961 – Feb 4, 1962
Feb 12, 2021 – Jan 31, 2022 - Past life (legend)
- Yang Xin, a cloth and grain trader of the Song dynasty (folk legend)
- Symbol
- A raised finger pointing to his oath: your word is your foundation
If you were born between these dates, you were born in a Xin-Chou year, the Year of the Ox, and General Yang Xin watches over you.
(A new year starts on Lunar New Year’s Day.)
Jade deep in winter earth
Xin is yin metal, polished jade or a fine silver needle, with nothing false left in it. Chou is the winter field where the ox plows quietly and steadily. Like jade kept in the earth for years, the quality only deepens.
General Yang Xin guards this year. People born in Xin-Chou years are often honest and care more about promises than money. They may not have smooth words, but they build trust by doing what they say, again and again.
A man of his word
He wears a fine crown with colorful patterns and gold trim. His face is calm and serious, with eyes liars find hard to meet. His right hand is raised, pointing toward his oath.
He wears a purple robe like the night sky and a heavy red cloak: principle and warmth, both needed to keep faith.
The "foolish" rule
According to legend, he was Yang Xin, a Song dynasty trader in cloth and grain who traveled north and south and saw every kind of cheating. That only taught him how rare and valuable honesty was.
He made a rule others called foolish: goods and accounts must match exactly. If a natural disaster delayed delivery, he would apologize in person and share the loss. If it was his own mistake, he paid back double, with no excuses.
Rain-ruined cloth
Once a storm on the road ruined most of his goods. He still showed up on time at the agreed place and paid for every bit of the loss: "I didn't protect the goods well enough. That's on me." After that, every trader who met him said, "Yang Xin keeps his word." His business grew, not because he was clever, but because he was stubbornly honest.
Heaven named him the Tai Sui of the Xin-Chou year. A word you can count on: that is his gift to everyone born in the Year of the Ox.
Questions people ask
Who is the Tai Sui for people born in 1961?
People born between Feb 15, 1961 and Feb 4, 1962 were born in a Xin-Chou year, the Year of the Ox. Their Tai Sui is General Yang Xin.
Who was General Yang Xin before becoming a Tai Sui?
Yang Xin, a cloth and grain trader of the Song dynasty (folk legend).
What does General Yang Xin hold?
A raised finger pointing to his oath: your word is your foundation.
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