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As a corollary to the yearly process of the four seasons, we have the ‘four sections
(periods)’ (jue), each of 15 days, which initiate these seasons – the periods of the summer
and winter solstices and of the spring and autumn equinoxes. The first day of each of
these periods was known as the ‘four separations’, and on these days sexual intercourse
was forbidden.
Four-fold happiness
The Masters of the Four Directions: an amulet for repelling evil spells
