What are the attributes of the five elements?

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.

"Su Wen said ... The five elements are fire, water and earth in Jin Mu, which is more expensive or less, so as to know life and death and decide success or failure. The five elements refer to five modes of material movement: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. China's ancient thinkers used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships. China TCM uses the Five Elements to explain various physiological and pathological phenomena. Superstitious people use the five elements to calculate people's fate.

The five elements are born together: gold begets water, aquatic wood, wood makes fire, fire begets soil, and soil begets gold.

The five elements coexist: Jin Kemu, Muketu, Tuke Water, Fire, Water and Fire.

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Five elements of mutual resistance:

the ancients said

The nature of heaven and earth, the public wins the number, so water wins the fire; Fine wins strength, so fire wins gold; Just wins softness, so Jin wins wood; Specializing in scattering, so wood beats soil; Reality is better than emptiness, and homeland is better than water.

Modern saying:

Jin Kemu, because cutting tools made of metal can cut down trees. There is no grass on the mined land.

Muke soil, because the roots absorb nutrients from the soil to supplement their own use, the trees are strong, and the soil is not supplemented, which will naturally weaken.

Fill with water, because the soil can be waterproof. Soldiers will block the water and have ways to cover it.

Water suppresses fire, because fire goes out when it meets water.

Hawkin, because fire can dissolve metal.

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