What is the order of the five elements?

The order of fire, water and soil in Jin Mu is gold, wood, water, fire and soil, which are collectively called the five elements.

The meaning of the five elements includes five basic trends in the evolution of Yin and Yang: water (for infiltration), fire (for disillusionment), gold (for convergence), wood (for growth) and earth (for integration).

Ancient philosophers in China used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships. It emphasizes the whole and aims to describe the movement form and transformation relationship of things. Yin and Yang are ancient theories of unity of opposites, and the five elements are primitive system theories.

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1, the Taoist theory of five elements is 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.

2. According to the understanding of the five elements, later generations created the theory that the five elements are mutually reinforcing. This theory is mainly based on the law of "five elements generate grams"

3. Mutual development refers to the mutual help and promotion between two things with different attributes; Specifically: wood fire, fire produces soil, native gold, gold produces water, aquatic wood.

4. Restraint, on the contrary, means that the relationship between two things with different attributes of the five elements is mutually restrained; Specifically: Mu, Tuke water, water, Huo, Jin Kemu.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jin Mu Fire, Water and Earth

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Baidu encyclopedia-five elements