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Cycles
The Interactions of Wu Xing: The creation cycle (black, circle shaped arrows) and the
overcoming cycle (white, star shaped arrows).The doctrine of five phases describes two cycles, a generating or creation ( shēng ) cycle, also known as "mother-so
and an overcoming or destruction (kè) cycle, also known as "grandfather-nephew", of interactions between the phas
Generating
The common memory jogs, which help to remind in what order the phases are:• Wood feeds Fire;
• Fire creates Earth (ash);
• Earth bears Metal;
• Metal carries Water (as in a bucket or tap, or water condenses on metal);
• Water nourishes Wood.
Also:
• Wood absorbs Water;
• Water rusts Metal;
• Metal breaks up Earth;
• Earth smothers Fire;• Fire burns Wood.
Other common words for this cycle include "begets", "engenders" and "mothers."
Overcoming• Wood parts Earth (such as roots; or, Trees can prevent soil erosion);
• Earth absorbs (or muddies) Water (or Earth dam control the water);
• Water quenches Fire;
• Fire melts Metal;
• Metal chops Wood.
This cycle might also be called "controls", "restrains" or "fathers".
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Cosmology and feng shui Main article: Feng Shui
According to Wu Xing theory, the structure of the cosmos mirrors the five phases. Each phase has a complex series
associations with different aspects of nature, as can be seen in the following table. In the ancient Chinese form of
geomancy known as Feng Shui practitioners all based their art and system on the five phases (Wu Xing). All of thephases are represented within the Ba gua. Associated with these phases are colors, seasons and shapes; all of which
are interacting with each other.
Based on a particular directional energy flow from one phase to the next, the interaction can be expansive,destructive, or exhaustive. With proper knowledge of such aspect of energy flow will enable the Feng Shui
practitioner to apply certain cures or rearrangement of energy in a way they believe to be beneficial for the receiverthe Feng Shui "Treatment."
Movement Wood Fire Earth Metal Water
Color Green Red Yellow Purple Blue
Shape Rectangular Triangle Square Round Curve
MaterialWood, Plants,
FlowerFire, Light Clay, Stone
Gold,Silver
Water , Mirror
Direction east south center west north
Planet Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus Mercury
Heavenly
creature
Azure
Dragon
Vermilion
Bird
Yellow
DragonWhite
Tiger
Black
TortoiseHeavenly Stems 甲,乙 丙,丁 戊, 己 庚,辛 壬,癸
Phase New Yang Full Yang Yin/Yangbalance
New Yin Full Yin
Energy Generative Expansive StabilizingContract
ingConserving
Season Spring Summer
Change of seasons
(Every thirdmonth)
Autumn Winter
Climate Windy Hot Damp Dry Cold
Development Sprouting Blooming Ripening Withering Dormant
Livestock dog sheep/goat cattle chicken pig
Ba guaMain article: Ba gua
The movements have also been correlated to the eight trigrams of the I Ching:
Movement Metal Earth Wood Wood Water Fire Earth Metal
I Ching Heaven Earth Thunder Wind Water Fire Mountain Lake
Trigrams qián k ūn zhèn xùn kan lí gèn duì
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Chinese medicine
Five Chinese Elements - Diurnal Cycle - Main article: Traditional Chinese medicine The interdependence of Zang Fu networks in the body was noted to be a circle of five things, and so mapped by the
Chinese doctors onto the five phases. For instance, the Liver (Wood phase) is said to be the "mother" of the heart (Fphase), and the Kidneys (Water phase) the mother of the Liver. The key observation was things like kidney deficien
affecting the function of the liver. In this case, the "mother" is weak, and cannot support the child. However, the
Kidneys control the heart along the Ke cycle, so the Kidneys are said to restrain the heart. Many of these interactioncan nowadays be linked to known physiological pathways (such as Kidney pH affecting heart activity).[citationneeded] The key thing to keep in mind with the Chinese medical application of the five elements is that it is only
model, and it is known to have exceptions.The citation order of the Five Phases, i.e., the order in which they are cited in the Bo Hu Tong and other Han dynas
texts, is Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. The organs are most effectively treated, according to theory, in the
following four-hour periods throughout the day, beginning with the 3 a.m. to 7 a. m. period: Metal organs (see the lbelow), Earth organs, Fire
1organs, Water organs, Fire
2(the "non-empirical" Pericardium and Triple Burner organs)
and Wood organs, which is the reverse of the citation order (plus an extra use of Fire and the non-empirical organs take care of the sixth four-hour period of the day). These two orders are further related to the sequence of the planet
going outward from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, or Water, Metal, Fire, Wood, and Earth) by a st
diagram similar to the one shown above.The sequence of the five elements Traditional Chinese medicine)promotion, inhibition, Cheng (bullying), Wu (insu
Movement Wood Fire Earth Metal Water
Planet Jupiter Mars Saturn Venus Mercury
Mental Quality Sensitivity Creativity Clarity Intuition Spontaneity
Emotion anger happiness love grief , sadness fear , scare
Zang (yin organs) liver heart/ pericardiumspleen/panc
reaslung kidney
Fu (yang organs)gall
bladder
smallintestine/San
Jiao
stomach large intestineurinary
bladderSensory organ eye tongue Mouth nose ears
Body Part Tendons Pulse Muscle Skin Bones
Body Fluid Tears Sweat Saliva Mucus Urine
Fingerindexfinger
middle finger thumb ring finger little finger
Sense sight speech taste smell hearing
Taste sour bitter sweet pungent salty
Smell Rancid Scorched Fragrant Rotten Putrid
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Life birth youth adulthood old age death
Celestial stemMain article: Celestial stem
Movement Wood Fire Earth Metal Water
Heavenly Stem Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui
Year ends with 4, 5 6, 7 8, 9 0, 1 2, 3
MusicMain article: Chinese music
The Yuèlìng chapter (月令篇) of the Lijì (禮記) and the Huáinánzi (淮南子) make the following correlations:
Movement Wood Fire Earth Metal Water
Colour Green and Blue Red Yellow White Black
Direction east south center west north
The Basic Pentatonic Scale jué 角 (mi) zhi 徵 (so)
g ōng 宮 (do) shāng 商 (re)
yu 羽 (la)
(Notes:
• The Chinese word青 qī ng , has many meanings, including green, • αζυρε, • χψαν, and black. It
refers to green in Wu Xing.• In most modern music, various seven note or five note scales (e.g., the major scale) are defined by selecting
seven or five frequencies from the set of twelve semi-tones in the • Εθυαλ τεµπερεδ tuning. The Chine
"lu" tuning is closest to the ancient Greek tuning of Pythagoras. See • Χηινεσε µυσιχολογψ .)
Martial artsTaijiquanMain article: Tai chi chuan
Taijiquan uses the five elements to designate different directions, positions or footwork patterns. Either forward,backward, left, right and centre, or three steps forward (attack) and two steps back (retreat).
The Five Steps (五步 wu bù):
Chin Pu (進步 jìn bù) - Forward step.
T'ui Pu (退步 tùi bù) - Backward step.Tsuo Ku (左顧 (simpl.:左顾) zuo gù) - Left step.
You P'an (右盼 yòu pàn) - Right step.
Chung Ting (中定 zhōng dìng) - The central position, balance, equilibrium.
XingyiquanMain article: Xingyiquan
Xingyiquan uses the five elements to metaphorically represent five different states of combat.
Movement Fist Pinyin Description
Wood Crushing Bēng To collapse, as a building collapsing in on itself.
Fire Pounding Pào Exploding outward like a cannon while blocking.
Earth Crossing Héng Crossing across the line of attack while turning over.