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Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...
The element plays an important role in Chinese astrology and feng shui. Fire is included in the 10 heavenly stems (the five elements in their yin and yang forms), which combine with the 12 Earthly Branches (or Chinese signs of the zodiac), to form the 60 year cycle. Yang Fire years end in 6 (e.g. 1976). (Yang years end in an even number.)
Chinese alchemy (煉丹術 liàndānshù "method for refining cinnabar") is a historical Chinese approach to alchemy. According to original texts such as the Cantong qi , the body is understood as the focus of cosmological processes summarized in the five agents of change, or Wuxing , the observation and cultivation of which leads the ...
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Wuxing (text) (五行), a Chinese "Warring States" text; Five Animals ("Five Forms") (五形), a kind of Chinese martial arts; Five Punishments (五刑), a series of physical penalties in dynastic China; Wuxing (c. 630) Chinese monk who travelled to India and mentioned by Yijing, died in Northern India.
East Asians around the world are ringing in the Year of the Rabbit beginning Sunday, Jan. 22. At Oriental Wok in Cincinnati, the Wong family has been serving up Chinese New Year foods for 46 years ...
Wood is the first phase of Wu Xing when observing or discussing movement or growth. Wood is the lesser yang character (yin within yang) of the Five elements, fuelling Fire. It stands for springtime , the east , the planet Jupiter , the color green , windy weather, and the Azure Dragon (Qing Long) in Four Symbols .
In Chinese philosophy, earth or soil (Chinese: 土; pinyin: tǔ) is one of the five concepts that conform the wuxing. Earth is the balance of both yin and yang in the Wuxing philosophy, as well as the changing or central point of physical matter or a subject. [1] Its motion is centralising, and its energy is stabilizing and conserving.