Jinshui, aquatic wood, Muhuo, Huotu, Tujin.
Golden raw water: golden needle melts raw water;
Aquatic wood: Water moistens logs;
Wood fire: wood dry warm fire;
Fire-born soil: burning wood-born soil;
Natural gold: Natural mineral deposits produce gold.
generation among the five elements
Jin Kemu, Muketu, Tuke water, water, fire, fire, gold.
Just wins softness, so Jin wins wood; Because knives can cut down trees;
Specializing in scattering, so wood beats soil; Because wooden stakes can be inserted into the soil;
Reality is better than emptiness, and homeland is better than water; Because the dam can stop the water flow;
The public wins the minority, so water wins the fire; Because floods can put out flames;
Fine wins strength, so fire wins gold; Because fire can dissolve metal.
The five elements of expansive material first appeared in Shang Shu Hong Fan, which reflected people's understanding of the diversity of things and was the bud of China's early materialistic philosophy. At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shi Bo put forward the viewpoint that "soil and gold, wood and water, fire are mixed, and all things are mixed", which means synthesis and combination, and reflects the ancient people's thought of exploring the relationship between things.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin predicted the outcome of the war with "water wins fire". By the Warring States period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the Five Elements Theory was further systematized and widely circulated. Mohism put forward the view that "the five elements can't always win", that is, the interaction between the five elements is not absolute, but conditional.
Said five elements, to a large extent, is completed by Yin and Yang scientist Zou Yan. He put forward the theory that "five virtues begin with the end". People think that history is from beginning to end and from end to end in the order of earth, wood, gold, fire and water. In the process of operation, "winners use things". During the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu absorbed the thought of Yin and Yang and clearly put forward the viewpoint of "coexistence of five elements". They all use this to demonstrate the teleology and historical cycle theory of the unity of man and nature.