Qi and Yin Yang and Five Elements

Qi and Yin-Yang and Five Elements

Qi has many meanings. In addition to the commonly expressed meaning of "air", in traditional Chinese culture, it often refers to a kind of energy that has not yet been The invisible "subtle matter" recognized by modern science. This "subtle substance" is also the objective basis of numerology and astrology, and is the basis for us to unlock the mysterious Yin-Yang and Five Elements.

Yin-Yang and Five Elements Theory is the collective name of Yin-Yang Theory and Five Elements Theory. The theory of yin and yang believes that the world we live in grows, develops and changes under the interaction of yin and yang. As the saying goes, "Tai Chi produces two phenomena, two phenomena produce four images, and four images produce Bagua." Yin and Yang are not fixed, they will transform into each other as external conditions change. Yin contains elements of yang, which cannot be transformed into yin until conditions are ripe. Yang also contains elements of yin, which can be transformed into yin under certain conditions. Therefore, yin and yang can also be divided into four types: yang within yang, yin within yin, yang within yin, and yin within yang, from which all things in the world are generated through continuous differentiation and transformation.

Yin and Yang can represent different attributes:

Represented by Yang: heat, strength, health, extension, wealth, honor, gentleman;

Yin means: cold, soft, sick, humble, poor, humble, villain.

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

"Yang Qi": an aura that is in an active state and plays a dominant role in the development of things.

"Yin Qi": an aura that is in a passive state and plays a secondary role in the development of things.

The contradictory movement of Yin Qi and Yang Qi can be used to reveal the laws of development of things. This is what traditional Chinese science, such as traditional Chinese medicine, qigong, astronomy, geography, mathematics, etc., has gone through. Road, it is also the basis of the five elements.

Comrade *** once said: "The ancient Chinese 'one yin and one yang is called Tao'. It cannot be only yin without yang, or only yang without yin. This is the ancient two-point theory. Metaphysics is a one-point theory. ”

The source of Chinese culture is the "Book of Changes", and Chinese culture is also called Heluo culture. The theory of Yin Yang and Five Elements is a very influential philosophical concept 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 preliminary ideological elements of dialectics. "One yin and one yang is called the Tao" is the essence of the yin and yang theory. Yin-Yang and the Five Elements are a theory originally created by the Chinese people, which has widely penetrated into all fields of ancient Chinese science and technology and culture. All aspects of Chinese Feng Shui follow this principle.

Man can become a human being by receiving the spirit of all things, which is the righteousness of heaven and earth. He becomes a human being by receiving the spirit of heaven and earth. There are two qi of yin and yang in destiny, and success or failure of nobility or despicability is in the five elements. No object in the world can be separated from yin and yang and cannot be separated from the five elements. Men are yang and women are yin, and the world is formed by the intercourse of yin and yang.

Everything in the world has yin and yang, and the ebb and flow of yin and yang is caused by the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements. The human body itself is a microcosm of the world, corresponding to the changes in the world. The destiny of a person's life can be determined by the yin and yang and the five elements contained in the year, month, day, and time of a person's birth. The human body is made up of the five elements, and the different dispositions of the five elements in the human body are determined by the sun's rays at the time of birth, the suction of the earth, the position of the stars and the climate, and other phenomena. The natural environment at birth is different, and the Qi of the Five Elements is also different, so they have vastly different life destinies.

The basic principles of numerology and position theory in Feng Shui are derived from the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, so 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, "The Book of Changes" has been revered as "the first of the classics" in the long history of Chinese history and culture, and has been dubbed the title of "the most wonderful book in the world". It is all-encompassing and the source of all culture, and it can be described as endless mysteries. In the world, it is also revered as the three most wonderful books in the world along with the Bible and the Vedas.

"The Book of Changes" talks about the interaction between the two forces of yin and yang to produce all things, with hard and soft pushing each other and changing in them. In numerology and position theory, yin and yang will also be combined with the heavenly stems, earthly branches and five elements to jointly complete the analysis of human destiny.

So, what are the five elements? The five elements include the five elements of gold, water, wood, fire and earth.

From a philosophical point of view, the ancients believed that the material world is composed of these five elements.

The five elements are mutually reinforcing: metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and earth generates metal.

The five elements are in conflict with each other: metal defeats wood, wood defeats earth, earth defeats water, water defeats fire, and fire defeats metal.

"Xiang Sheng" means support, cooperation, and compatibility;

"Xiang Ke" means suppression, rejection, and opposition.

Therefore, the operational relationships of mutual generation and mutual restraint fundamentally reveal the interaction between all things. Using them, we can discover who wins and who loses, who is good and who is bad between any two things. . When they are in harmony, they are auspicious; when they are in conflict with each other, they are inauspicious. To be more specific, if A produces B, then B is auspicious; if A overcomes B, then B is unlucky.

The five elements can also correspond to the qi, which is the "five elements of qi":

Metal qi: represents the cosmic aura in autumn

Water qi: Represents the cosmic aura in winter

Wood gas: represents the cosmic aura in spring

Fire gas: represents the cosmic aura in summer

Earthy: represents the aura of the universe when the four seasons change between spring, summer, autumn and winter

These five elements aura also follow the rules of the five elements' mutual generation and the five elements' mutual restraint. Therefore, the ancients introduced the concept of the five elements into numerology and positional feng shui. This makes it the main basis for judging the fate of a person and the good and bad fortune of a house. Furthermore, yin and yang can be combined with the five elements, as follows:

The qi of yin and gold, the qi of yang and gold;

The qi of yin and water, the qi of yang and water; < /p>

The Qi of Yin Wood, the Qi of Yang Wood;

The Qi of Yin Fire, the Qi of Yang Fire;

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

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