What are the five elements born in?

The ancients in China believed that everything in the world was composed of five elements, which are complementary to each other. "Fire produces soil" is one of them, which means that fire will turn into dust after burning, that is, fire produces soil.

The Five Elements is the simple dialectical materialism philosophy of China ancients. Mostly used in philosophy, Chinese medicine and divination. The theory of five elements is an important part of China culture.

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The meaning of five elements

The Taoist theory of five elements was the earliest, aiming at describing the movement form and transformation relationship of things. The theory of five elements is an analogy theory in ancient China. It is not the five elements, but all things belong to five elements according to the nature of moistening, inflammation, straightness, culture and cultivation. It is different from the theory of earth, water, fire and wind in ancient western countries, and it is a theory that integrates philosophy, divination, fortune telling, calendar, traditional Chinese medicine and sociology.

The five elements mean that the ancients divided everything in the universe into five things: wood, fire, earth, gold and water, which are called "five elements"

As early as "Shang Shu Hong Fan", it was recorded: "Five elements: water, fire, wood, gold and earth. Water is moist, fire is inflamed, wood is straight (curved and loose), gold is leather (dense and well divided), and soil is fertilizer (meaning sowing and harvesting). Moisten the bottom to make it salty, make it bitter on the inflammation, make it sour on the straight, make it pungent on the leather and make it sweet on the crops.

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