大约在汉朝,人们不仅发明了十二地支记时法,同时也发明了久用不衰的十二生肖记年法。这项发明经过当时汉朝邻邦乌孙、康居等传播,在中亚、欧洲乃至世界广为流传。具体表示、称呼及内在联系如下所示。 Around the time of the Han Dynasty, people not only invented the Twelve Earth’s Epoch Methods, but also invented the Everlasting Zodiac Chronicle. After the invention was passed on by Wushu, Kangju and other neighboring countries in the Han Dynasty, it was widely circulated in Central Asia, Europe and even the world. Specifically, the address and the internal relations are as follows.