Gold, wood, water, fire and earth are collectively called the five elements, which refer to the five basic elements of matter (the five elements are the five operating states of Qi, the result of the operation of Qi, and the movement of Qi). Ancient philosophers in China used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships.
Jin Mu's fire, water and earth are intrinsically related to the five petals of plum blossom, while the ancient "seal of plum blossom" stands for "happiness, happiness, health, peace and longevity", emphasizing the overall concept, aiming at describing the movement form and transformation relationship of things. Yin and Yang are the ancient theory of unity of opposites, and the five elements are the original general system theory.
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Five elements; Gold (gold), wood (wood), water (water), fire (fire) and earth (earth)
Foreign name
The Five Elements; jin(metal), mu (wood), shui (water), huo (fire), tu (earth)
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Refers to the five basic elements that make up matter.
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Explain the formation of everything in the world and their relationship.
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The concept of China's ancient philosophy. Originally refers to "five materials", namely water, fire, wood, gold and earth. Zuo Zhuan: "Five talents are born, and the people use them." The latter refers to the five material elements that make up everything in the universe. At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shi Bo put forward the viewpoint that "soil and gold, wood and water, fire are mixed, and all things are mixed", which reflected the idea of exploring the relationship between things. Zou Yan, a master of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, interpreted the "five elements" of gold, wood, water, fire and earth as "five virtues" and thought that the alternation of dynasties was the result of the circular transmission of five virtues. During the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu absorbed the thought of Yin and Yang, and clearly put forward the view that "the five elements are mutually generated". He wrote that the five elements are mutually generated. The five elements are also called the five permanent members. "Xunzi Fei's Second Son": "The old case is called the five elements." Yang Xu's Note: "The five elements are benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith." The five elements in Buddhism refer to the holy line, the Sanskrit line, the heavenly line, the infant line and the sick line (Nirvana Sutra), and also refer to the practice of cloth, discipline, humiliation, refinement and observation (Mahayana belief theory). [ 1]
Origin of five elements
Regardless of time, heaven and earth are called chaotic state. Heaven and earth are mixed together, the sun, the moon and the stars are not born, and there is no alternation between cold and summer. There is no wind, no rain, no lightning, no vegetation, no mountains, no rivers, no people, no birds, no insects and no animals below. At this time, a kind of aura was running inside, so water was born from Taiyi, fire was born from the beginning, wood was born from the beginning, gold was born from Tai Su, and Taiji was unearthed. The five elements come from this.
These five elements are interdependent:
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If the sky has no soil, it can't cover the earth; If there is no soil on the ground, it can't carry everything on the ground, and there is nowhere for grain to grow; Without soil, people can't reproduce naturally without five years. So heaven and earth can't be soilless. If wood is soilless, it has no power to cultivate; If fire is soilless, it can't shine everywhere; If gold is soilless, it is difficult to be sharp; If water is soilless, it can't flow around by topography. If there is no water and wood in the soil, nothing can grow; Without fire and gold, it cannot thrive. This is the essential truth of the five elements, and the five elements are also constructed from it.
The five elements correspond to the human body:
All flesh and blood are bound by yin and yang and shaped by the five elements. Its body is also a symbol of wood bone, gold tendon, soil tendon, water and blood, internal heat and five things. The five things in reality have their own advantages. Matter in the world can be divided into five categories: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. Five things correspond to five colors, namely, blue, red, yellow, white and black, which are reflected in people's body and mind and respectively correspond to sadness, panic, celebration, crying and disease. Among the five elements, wood, fire, gold and water are the main seasons. For example, spring is the growing period of flowers and trees, so the wood is the most prosperous, that is, the king. Wood fires are two flourishing, that is, the phase, while gold is in a state of imprisonment, because the two flourishing fires are restrained, and the soil and water consumed by the most prosperous wood are dying. By analogy, the colors corresponding to the five elements are the same as people's physical and mental state: green (sad) king, red (shocked) phase, white (crying) prisoner, black and yellow (sick, happy) death. These five colors are judged by the four seasons. If you have the right time, the right place and the right person, then the king is lucky, not the right time and the right place. The king is at peace with Xiang Ping, and the prisoner is fierce. That is to say, the colors corresponding to the five elements, as well as the state corresponding to people's body and mind, will also show different States with the seasonal changes dominated by the five elements. These five colors are matched, and the four seasons dominate. If the skin color conforms to the king's hue color of this season, it will be smoother and more auspicious. It's unlucky if the skin color doesn't match the king's hue this season but matches the prison color. If it meets the death color, it will be a catastrophe.
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The relationship between the five elements and the balance of the five elements
Five elements coexist: gold, water, wood, fire, earth and gold.
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The five elements are born together: Shuihoke Jinke, Tucker, Jin Kemu
In the judgment of the eight characters, I regard the Rizhu Tiangan in the eight characters as me, and it depends on the relationship between birth and grams. For example, the "I" in the eight-character judgment is the heavenly stem "E" in the solar column, and the five elements of the heavenly stem "E" belong to "earth", so we can simply infer the life phase according to the relationship between birth and gram.
1, Yinmao: The person who gave birth to me is Yinmao, and the person who gave birth to me can enjoy the blessings if his parents have kindness to protect his children and grandchildren, hence the name Yinmao. In ancient times, the official position was awarded by the court and stamped with the corresponding official seal. Without the official seal, people will be like people without parents and dependence, so there is a "seal".
2. Gourmet (injured official): I was born a "gourmet". I need to be raised like my children and grandchildren, and I can repay them when I grow up. But in the process of growing up, I will be hurt like a bug that eats crops, but I can only be rewarded if I raise my children and grandchildren well, but eating more is not advisable.
3, official killing: I am "official killing", which means that I am subject to people. Once an official is appointed by the imperial court, this body naturally belongs to the people, is subject to people, and is in the officialdom. When something good or bad happens, it is easy to be killed, so it is also called killing, which is collectively called "official killing".
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4. Wife wealth: I am "wife wealth", which means that others are subject to others. If you want to get married and start a career, you must have a virtuous wife as your wife's help, and my wife is a person who has served me all my life. My property naturally belongs to me, and both belong to me, so I am a "wife's wealth".
5, shoulder to shoulder (grab money): people of the same kind "shoulder to shoulder", everyone is like brothers, standing shoulder to shoulder, almost the same height, but also the most powerful competitor, sharing property and competing for property. So it is also called "robbing money".
Although there are good and bad gods, it is appropriate to balance the whole as a whole. If it is too late, the two extremes will be reversed. For example, "being rich and weak" means that one's nature is dry, but he was not born in the season, but he has a piece of land around him, because I am rich because I am rich, but because I am too rich, I am weak, that is, "being rich and weak", and "being strong and killing shallow", so the five elements should be balanced.
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