Gold begets water-because the qi of Shaoyin (golden gas) is moist and flowing, gold depends on water, and forged gold can also be turned into water, so gold begets water. Aquatic wood-aquatic wood is because the water is warm and humid and trees grow. Wood makes a fire-because wood is warm and fire is hidden in it, wood is drilled to make a fire, so wood makes a fire. Fire makes earth-because it is hot, you can burn wood. Wood turns to ash when burned, and ash is soil, so fire produces soil.
The meaning of the five elements: because of the nature of heaven and earth, water wins fire; Fine wins strength, so fire wins gold; Just wins softness, so Jin wins wood; Specializing in scattering, so wood beats soil; Reality is better than emptiness, and homeland is better than water.