Why is the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements of College Entrance Examination idealized?

The answer is only the answer, not the truth. If you want to pass the college entrance examination, just recite the answers. And if you are really interested in this aspect, you should first throw away the so-called "standard answer". You know, the so-called answers are all based on the product of official ideology, and they are just one opinion. Whether it is trustworthy or not depends on yourself.

Hu Shi said: "Talk less about doctrine and study more problems." This is the attitude that scholars should have. If something is classified as a doctrine, can a label prove right or wrong? If nothing else, in the academic field of philosophy, it is still impossible to assert that materialism is truth and idealism is fallacy. In the history of philosophy, idealists have achieved far more than materialists.

The theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is an important part of China's traditional thought. As the theoretical basis of many traditional disciplines such as geomantic omen, traditional Chinese medicine, astronomy, mathematics, etc., it has long influenced the social life of China people, and in modern times it has long been criticized as a typical representative of "feudal dross". Because Yin-Yang and Five Elements are essentially a philosophical thought, which is incompatible with modern scientific theory, it has been questioned and ridiculed by many scientific supremacists, and its influence includes the abolition of traditional Chinese medicine and many other anti-traditional movements.

Theoretically, the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is similar to that of ancient Greece, including Anacker Simande and Heraclitus from Thales, so it is officially defined as "simple materialism". But in terms of the complexity of content and the completeness of system, it far exceeds those simple materialist philosophers in ancient Greece. Moreover, many of its derivatives are strongly idealistic, such as fortune telling, fortune telling and divination. Many people who cheat the gods regard this as the golden rule of fooling people, which has indeed caused bad social influence, so it is sometimes regarded as one of the theoretical sources of "feudal superstition" and comes down to idealism.

However, it is undeniable that the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements also has many reasonable aspects. Mencius' talk about being in harmony with people at the right time is actually just a philosophical thought. If the scientific theory is mechanically applied, then the harmony between the right place and the right time will become idealism. Yin-yang and five elements are also a kind of transcendental thought. It is impossible to protect the country for generations by planning a city with the country as the leading factor. However, the idea of theocracy and imperial power is deeply rooted, which can stabilize people's hearts and enhance national cohesion, and it is not entirely because of superstition.

Yan Hongliang, the gold owner, said that virtue is not in the land, which is exactly the same as Song Taizu's "virtue is not in danger". But objectively speaking, if the capital of Xu Guo is not in Yanjing, it will never be able to maintain the long-term suppression of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it may even be counterattacked by Song Jun to the Yellow River Basin. Bianjing, the capital of Song Dynasty, was also a major factor that caused the problem of "three redundancies". "Virtue" is one aspect, but "land" is by no means without influence.

It is not advisable to judge the problem according to the specific situation, and it is not advisable to emphasize one aspect unilaterally and ignore the other, so is the evaluation of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.