3/21/2023 0 Comments 5 elementsThe basic substances of the material world according to the ‘Theory of the Five Elements’ are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.Īll material things are made of a single or a combination of the Five Elements, since these are the fundamental components.Īll Five Elements are equally important and should form a balance, while being in constant move and cyclical change (phases).Įach phase’s peak already consists of its decline, then forwarding the prior received/ gathered (chi) energy from one element to the following element. Water - contemplation, calmness, (re-)consideration, observation, reflection Wood - rising, development (of an action), impulse, expansion, decampmentįire - embodiement, definition, action, dynamic phase, designĮarth - alteration, transformation, transmutation, change, convertation In this sense, Wood is not only the actual wood of a tree as defined by the substance, but describes the character, the dynamic state, the elemental force of the element. Taoism theories use symbols to describe phenomens of reality, hence each of the Five Elements represent an aspect of a dynamic process, a processe's phases of change. The Theory of the Five Elements describes the interaction and relation between Yin and Yang, between phenomena. Maybe the Taoistic theory of the Five Elements can be seen as a further, more refined step to understand and categorize or analyse the Yin-Yang philosophy. _ Five Elements or the Five States of Change The Theory of the Five Elements - Wu Xing (Chinese: 五行 pinyin: wǔxíng), often shortened to Five Elements, is the concept in Chinese philosophy conceiving the world as dynamic states, or phases, of constant change. Home Earth Continents Asia Thailand / China Chinese New Year Photos Chinese Customs and Traditions Glossary Five Elements Five Elements Chart
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