岁惟丁卯 (歲惟丁卯) suì wéi dīng mǎo

suì wéi dīng mǎo phrase the year is now the fourth in the cycle
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Notes: Quote: from the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Pollard 2002, p. 29)