The Five Elements and Bagua are divided into Yin-Yang, Five Elements and Bagua theory. The "Five Elements" specifically refers to the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The theory of the "Five Elements", like today's mathematics, physics, and chemistry, has always been the tool and method used by ancient Chinese sages to engage in various researches, regardless of Taoists, doctors, military strategists, Confucianists, historians, miscellaneous scholars, and calculators must all be proficient in the "Five Elements." Bagua is the continuation of yin and yang and the five elements, or it divides all things into Bagua. The eight trigrams are: Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun and Dui. Bagua is usually used in subjects such as orientation, divination, and Feng Shui. The subject that best utilizes the Eight Diagrams is Plum Blossom Yishu.
Bagua is a set of symbolic symbols in ancient my country. Use "—" to represent Yang and "—" to represent Yin. Three such symbols are used to form eight forms, which are called Bagua. The so-called five elements are metal, wood, water, fire and earth. The first thing to note when studying it is that if a fortune teller tells fortunes and regards walking as walking, it is absolutely wrong. Let's read the "Book of Changes" and find the sentence "Heaven Xing Jian" in the Qian hexagram. This "Xing" means movement, which is "kinetic energy." The greatest mutual relationship between matter in the universe lies in this kinetic energy. This "kinetic energy" has five elements, represented by gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Like hexagrams, it is a traditional symbol, so don’t take it too seriously. The so-called "gold" is not gold, and "water" is not the same as the water in the cup. Don't think that the five elements are the five substances.
Application of the Five Elements Bagua
Five Elements Bagua and Palmistry
The Five Elements Bagua is divided into Yin Yang, Five Elements and Bagua theory. The "Five Elements" specifically refers to the elements of metal, wood, The elements of water, fire and earth are elements, and the Bagua is the continuation of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, or all things can be divided into Bagua. The Bagua was originally Wuji (Wuji is the place of chaos). It is said that Pangu opened the sky, split Wuji, and rose lightly. , the heavy one descends, and then there are Liangyi (Liangyi: refers to the two qi of Yin and Yang, Yinqi gathers and turns into water, Yangqi gathers and turns into fire, water and fire are the essence of Yin and Yang), followed by Four Directions (Fifang: East (wood, south, fire, west, metal, north water), the four directions formed in twos form the Four Symbols (Four Symbols: Southeast Wood, Fire, Southwest Wood, Northwest Metal, Northwest Metal, Northeast Water, Northeast Water, Wood), and the four directions plus the Four Symbols form the Bagua, which is the origin of the Five Elements Bagua.
Referring to the hexagrams of the Bagua in palmistry, the palm is used as the name, and the palm is divided into eight official positions: Qiangong, Kunguan, Zhenguan, Xungong, Kanguan, Liguan, Genguan and Duiguan. , this is the division of the Bagua in the palm; at the same time, palmistry refers to the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. According to the palm shape of the hand with reference to the five elements, the palm is divided into five types: wood-shaped hand, fire-shaped hand, gold-shaped hand, water-shaped hand, and earth-shaped hand. Each hand type reveals different numerology information according to its five elements.
The Five Elements and Naming
The naming based on the Five Elements theory began in the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, the naming was mainly based on the nomenclature of the stems and branches of the Shang and Yin Dynasties and the five elements. In the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, in addition to having a "name", people also had to choose a "character". Therefore, they mainly used the heavenly stems and the five elements to get the "name" and "zi". For example, the name of Chu Gongzi is Renfu, and the courtesy name is Zi Qianxin, which means water is matched with gold. Water is born from gold, and hardness and softness complement each other.
In the Song Dynasty, the name was changed to Fengxing based on the Five Elements theory. However, at that time, they did not pay attention to the lack of Bazi, and only used the meaning of the Five Elements to sequence the generations.
The Five Elements and Health
The Five Elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. In traditional Chinese concepts, they are inseparable from everything, including a person’s appearance, body shape, and personality. Other aspects are also closely related to the five elements. According to the analysis of the five elements of the birth horoscope, one can know the physical health status of the person.
1. The golden-shaped man. People with golden shapes tend to be thinner in body shape, with more exposed bones and protruding joints. The head, shoulders, abdomen, hands, and feet are all smaller. Judging from the facial features, the face shape is square and the skin color is white. People with a gold shape are stronger, more impatient, and able to make decisions on the spot. But he can also calmly observe the development of the situation. The gold master kills with solemnity and authority. Therefore, people with a golden shape have many talents for officials and generals. Gold is cold-resistant, afraid of fire, and intolerant of warmth and heat, so be especially careful in spring
. 2. People with a wood shape. Wood-shaped people are tree-shaped in body shape, with mostly straight and slender bodies, small heads, and broad backs. The hands and feet are also small and the skin is slightly green. People with the wood shape are in the laboring type. They are destined to work a lot and have the good deed of working hard without complaining. Wood loves spring and summer, but fears autumn and winter. Therefore, people with a wood shape are very susceptible to liver damage if they are exposed to wind evil, and this is more likely to occur in autumn and winter. Because the liver belongs to wood, people with a wood shape must strengthen the protection of the liver during autumn and winter, pay attention to nutrition, and avoid excessive fatigue to prevent liver disease.
3. People with the water shape are suitable for autumn and winter. In autumn and winter, metal and water are in harmony. In spring, the water vapor released from the wood appears dry; in summer, the fire vapor evaporates and the water vapor appears dry. Therefore, in spring and summer, water-shaped people are prone to diseases, and most of them belong to the waist and kidneys, so they must be on guard against them.
4. People in the shape of fire. In terms of body shape, the fire-shaped person has a small pointed head, broad shoulders and back, a strong body, and small hands and feet. People with the shape of fire have a reddish complexion. Fire-shaped people have short tempers, do not pay attention to money, are fickle, have poor credit, and can consider problems comprehensively, but lack the courage to do things and have poor endurance. Fire likes spring and summer, but cannot tolerate autumn and winter. Summer fire is afraid of winter water. Once there are external evils in autumn and winter, heart diseases will easily occur. People with heart disease tend to be lazy in autumn and winter, which is related to this.
5. Earth-shaped humans have full flesh and well-proportioned limbs. Earth-shaped people have round heads and round heads, and their skin color is yellow. Earth-shaped people are gentle-hearted and do not like to follow others' influence or play for power. They are suitable for charity work.
The nature of soil is different from spring and summer, but it is in season in autumn and winter. Therefore, in spring and summer, when earth-shaped people are infected with diseases, they can easily damage the spleen, leading to digestive and absorption diseases.
Bagua and mental health
Bagua is a basic philosophical concept in ancient China. It is the ancient Chinese theory of yin and yang. The so-called "wuji gives rise to polarity, polarity is Tai Chi, and Tai Chi produces two things." (i.e. yin and yang), two yin generate four images (i.e. Shaoyang, Sun, Shaoyin, Taiyin), and the four images perform Bagua, eighty-eight sixty-four hexagrams." This is Fuxi Bagua, also called Xiantian Bagua. Ancient Chinese medical scientists classified the yin and yang of the human body based on the four images, and used this to analyze the person's personality type based on the person's physiological characteristics and appearance.
1. Taiyin type people. The psychological characteristics are greed but not benevolence, modesty and seriousness on the surface, deep inner thoughts, good gains but bad losses, intangible emotions and anger, sitting back and watching the success or failure of others before deciding on one's own actions. This kind of person has a disharmony between yin and yang in his body, his tendons are thick and broken, his complexion is gloomy and dark, his eyes often look down, he pretends to be groveling, and he is prone to illness in spring and summer.
2. Shaoyin type people. The psychological characteristics are coveting small gains, always having the intention of harming others, being satisfied when others fail, being jealous when others gain, and lacking emotion. This kind of person's internal organs are not in harmony, move furtively, are restless when standing, and have trouble standing upright when walking. They are prone to illness in spring and summer.
3. Yin-Yang and peaceful people. Psychological characteristics: Don't care about fame and fortune, have a peaceful mind, don't be greedy, delusional and overly happy, don't compete with others, be good at the right time, move people with virtue and have no fear. This kind of person has harmonious yin and yang energy, harmonious blood, generous manners, serious attitude, kind eyes, cheerful and aboveboard.
4. Sun type people. The psychological characteristics are overconfidence, being impulsive, talking eloquently, being too ambitious, being vulgar and ordinary, and not knowing how to change. This kind of person has more yang but no yin, has a tall and protruding belly, and his body is stretched backwards with his knees bent. He is prone to illness in autumn and winter.
5. Shaoyang type people. The psychological characteristics are strong self-esteem, vanity, sociability, unwillingness to remain unknown, and self-showing off. This kind of person has small meridians but large collaterals, leaks Qi, likes to raise his head immediately, staggers when walking, and likes to hold his elbows behind his back. He is prone to illness in autumn and winter.
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