Qi and the Five Elements of Yin and Yang

Qi and the Five Elements of Yin and Yang

Qi has many meanings. In addition to the usual meaning of "air", in traditional Chinese culture, it often refers to an intangible "subtle matter" that has not yet been recognized by modern science. This "subtle matter" is also the objective basis of numerology and geography, and is the basis for us to unravel the mysterious yin and yang and five elements.

The theory of yin and yang and the five elements is the collective name of the theory of yin and yang and the theory of the five elements. The theory of yin and yang believes that the world we live in is growing, developing and changing under the interaction of yin and yang. As the saying goes, "Tai Chi produces two instruments, two instruments produce four images, and four images produce eight trigrams." Yin and Yang are not fixed, they will transform into each other with changes in external conditions. Yin contains the components of yang, which cannot be transformed into yin until the conditions are ripe. Yang contains yin components, which can be transformed into yin under certain conditions. Therefore, yin and yang can also be divided into four types: yang in yang, yin in yin, yang in yin, and yin in yang, which are continuously differentiated and transformed into all things in the world.

Yin and Yang can represent different attributes:

Expressed by yang: heat, strength, health, stretch, wealth, nobility, gentleman;

Expressed in yin: cold, tender, sick, awkward, poor, humble, villain.

Furthermore, we can also use yin and yang to describe the "qi" in different states with the extension of the concept of yin and yang.

"Yang Qi": The aura that dominates the development of things in an active state.

"Yin Qi": In a passive state, the aura that plays a secondary role in the development of things.

The contradictory movement of Yin Qi and Yang Qi can be used to reveal the law of the development of things. This is the path taken by traditional Chinese sciences, such as Chinese medicine, qigong, astronomy, geography, and mathematics. It is also the five elements. basis.

Comrade Mao Zedong said: "China's ancient 'yin and yang that way', not only no yin yang, yin or only yang no, this is an ancient form and Two Points. School is a little theory."

The source of Chinese culture is the " Book of Changes ", and Chinese culture is also known as Heluo culture. The theory of yin and yang and five elements is a very influential philosophical idea established by our ancestors through observation and thinking in the practice of contacting various things and phenomena. It is a spontaneous and simple materialism, and has the elementary thinking of dialectics. "One yin and one yang is the way" is the essence of yin and yang theory. Yin Yang and Five Elements is a doctrine created by the people of our country, which is widely permeated in various fields of ancient Chinese science, technology and culture. All aspects of Chinese Fengshui follow this principle.

Man gains the spirit of all things, it is the righteousness of heaven and earth to be a man, and he is to grow up by receiving the spirit of heaven and earth. There are two auras of yin and yang in destiny, but the success or failure of noble and bad lies in the five elements. Nothing in the world can be separated from yin and yang and cannot be separated from the five elements. Men belong to yang and women belong to yin, and yin and yang form the world.

Everything in the world has both yin and yang, and the fluctuation of yin and yang is caused by the mutual growth and restraint of the five elements. The human body itself is a microcosm of the world, corresponding to the changing world. The yin and yang five elements contained in a person's birth year, month, day, and time can be used to predict the destiny of a person's life. The human body is formed by the union of the five elements, and the different characteristics of the five elements in the human body are determined by various phenomena such as the light of the sun at the time of his birth, the suction of the earth, the location of the stars, and the climate. The natural environment at birth is different, and the energy of the five elements is also different, so there are vastly different life destinies.

The basic principles of numerology and geography in Fengshui are derived from the ancient Chinese "Book of Changes". Therefore, the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements are no exception. The thinking mode of "Book of Changes" is dialectical and inspiring everywhere. Since ancient times, in the long river of Chinese history and culture, Zhouyi has been honored as "the head of the group scriptures" and has been dubbed the title of "the world's first strange book". All-inclusive, is the general source of all cultures, it can be described as endless. In the world, it is also regarded as the three wonders of the world with the "Bible" and "Vedas".

The "Book of Changes" talks about the interaction between the two forces of Yin and Yang to produce everything, and that rigidity and softness push each other and transform into it. In numerology and geography, yin and yang will also be combined with the heavenly stems, the earthly branches and the five elements to jointly complete the analysis of human destiny.

So, what are the five elements? The five elements include five elements: gold, water, wood, fire, and earth. From a philosophical point of view, the ancients believed that the material world was composed of these five elements.

The five elements grow together: gold produces water, water produces wood, wood produces fire, fire produces soil, and earth produces gold.

The five elements restrain each other: gold restrains wood, wood restrains soil, soil restrains water, water restrains fire, and fire restrains gold.

The meaning of "combination" is support, cooperation and compatibility;

The meaning of "inhibition" means restraint, rejection, and relative.

Therefore, the computational relationship between mutual generation and mutual restraint fundamentally reveals the interaction between all things, and by using them, you can discover who wins and who loses, who is good and who is bad, between any two things. The mutual growth is good, and the mutual restrain is fierce. To be more specific, if A gives birth to B, then B is lucky; if A gram and B, then B is bad.

The five elements can also have a corresponding relationship with qi, which is the "five elements qi":

Golden Qi: Represents the aura of the universe in autumn

Water vapor: represents the aura of the universe in winter

Wood Qi: Represents the cosmic aura in spring

Huo: Represents the aura of the universe in summer

Rustic: Represents the cosmic aura when the seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter alternate

These five-element auras also follow the law of five elements' mutual generation and five elements' mutual restraint. Therefore, the ancients introduced the concept of the five elements into numerology and geomantic feng shui, making it the main basis for judging people's destiny and good or bad. Furthermore, yin and yang can be combined with the five elements, and there are:

Yin and Jin Qi, Yang Jin Qi;

The air of yin water, the air of yang water;

Yin wood air, Yang wood air;

The air of yin fire, the air of yang fire;

The air of Yin Earth, the air of Yang Earth.

These play an important role in judging a person's life and luck. The five elements evolved, and with more detailed classification, the five elements of Nayin appeared.

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