What are Zhang's five elements? Why say fire and say wood?

The Five Elements is a systematic view of China's ancient philosophy, which is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, geomantic omen, numerology, physiognomy and divination. The meaning of the five elements includes five basic trends in the evolution of Yin and Yang: gold (convergence), wood (growth), water (infiltration), fire (disillusionment) and earth (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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Shi Gan and Hong Fan in Shangshu; The meaning of five elements

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Wood, fire, earth, gold and water.

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The formation of everything and its relationship.

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Meaning analysis

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 refer to the ancient people's division of everything in the universe into five things, namely wood, fire, earth, gold and water. See the dialogue between Ji Zi and Zhou Wuwang recorded in Shang Shu Hong Fan: "Five elements: water, fire, wood, gold and earth. Water is wet (moist), fire is burning (burning), wood is straight (bent, loose), gold leather (dense composition, easy to divide), soil fertilizer (meaning sowing and harvesting). Moisturizing is salty, inflammation is bitter, straight is sour, leather is spicy, and farming is sweet. " This paper not only classifies everything in the universe, but also defines the properties and characteristics of each category. More than 3,000 years ago, Ji Zisheng lived on Wuxing Mountain, where Ji Zi not only observed the astronomical phenomena, but also invented Weiqi. The Wuxing Mountain in Journey to the West refers to this Wuxing Mountain. According to the understanding of the five elements, later generations established the theory of mutual generation and mutual resistance of the five elements, mainly based on the law of "mutual generation and mutual resistance of the five elements".