Water defeats fire, because fire is extinguished when it meets water.
The Five Elements is a philosophical thought created by the Chinese nation. It is mostly used in philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine and divination. The Five Elements Theory is an important part of Chinese civilization. Ancient ancestors believed that everything in the world is composed of five elements, namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and there is a mutually reinforcing and interfering relationship between them. The five elements refer to the movement and changes of the five substances: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Therefore, in China, the "Five Elements" have a long historical origin.
Wood, fire, earth, metal, and water refer to the five changing substances of the five elements. The five elements refer to the movement and changes of the five substances: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. The first thing to pay attention to when studying it is "walking". The behavior of using the five elements to infer good or bad luck is called fortune-telling. If a fortune teller tells fortunes and thinks of 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. There are five types of "kinetic energy", represented by metal, 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. The five elements of Chinese culture: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the modern humanistic culture and ethical culture as well as the essential elements that make up the earth. The five stars outside the earth have a great relationship with us.
"Shu·Gan Oath": "The Hu family bullies the five elements and neglects the three righteousnesses." Kong Yingda Shu: "The five elements are water, fire, metal, wood, and earth."
"Five Emperors": "The sky has five elements, water, fire, metal, wood, and earth, which are transformed and nurtured in time to create all things."
"Dongcheng Miscellaneous Notes" prepared by Qing Li E "Wan Zhai": "Also, people are shaped by the qi of yin and yang and the five elements.
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