All Earth Branches (Earthly Branches)

The earthly branches that Chinese cosmology assigns to the element Earth, which are Chen the dragon, Chou the ox, Wei the goat and Xu the dog. An entry belongs here when its source gives the branch the element Earth in the twelve branch cycle. The group page keeps the branches of one element together so that a reader can follow the five element scheme across the twelve branch cycle. Entries are placed by what their own article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group that its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.