What are the five elements of Cheng Zi?

The five elements of the word "Cheng" belong to wood.

The word "Cheng" is "He" on the left and "Cheng" on the right. In terms of grain, it means something to do with rice and grain.

Cheng (pinyin: chéng) is a first-class Chinese character (commonly used word). This word first appeared in the Biography of Shuowen Jiezi. Pictophonetic characters come from grains and make sounds. The original meaning is unit length, which is one hundredth of an inch. Also refers to courses and equations.

Introduce five elements:

"Five elements" is summed up by thousands of years' experience in China. With "gold, wood, water, fire and earth" as symbols, it profoundly depicts the correlation between human body and nature. Through the evolution of Yin and Yang, the meaning of the five elements contains five basic dynamics: gold (convergence), wood (extension), water (moistening), fire (inflammation) and earth (neutralization).

The five elements refer to Jinshui, aquatic wood, Muhuo, Huotu and Primary Gold. The five elements refer to Jin Kemu, Mutuke, Tukeshui, Shuihuoke and Huojinke; Tiangan five elements nails, B (wood), C, D (fire), E (earth), C (gold) and C (water); The five elements of earth branch refers to the ugly (earth) Shen You (gold) Haizi (water) (fire) in the afternoon.

The theory of five elements first appeared in the theories of Huang Lao and Taoism, 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 four elements of earth, water, fire and wind in ancient western countries, and it is a theory that integrates philosophy, detection, fortune telling, calendar, traditional Chinese medicine and sociology.

In the human body, the five elements represent five kinds of internal organs, each of which belongs to: gallbladder A, liver B, small intestine C, heart D, stomach E, spleen F, large intestine G, heart and lung, bladder meridian of kidney and kidney. Therefore, the five elements are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, geomantic omen, numerology, physiognomy and detection. Yin and Yang are ancient theories of unity of opposites, and the five elements are primitive system theories.