What is the relationship between the I Ching and the Five Elements?
The "Qian is gold", "Kun is earth", "Kan is water", "Li is fire" and "Xun is wood" in "The Book of Changes" have given the five elements attributes of the Bagua.
People often say "Golden Autumn in August", saying "Dui means autumn", which means "Dui means gold", saying that "all things are shocked", shock is spring, and in spring vegetation sprouts, shock is wood, " Gen means "mountain" and also means "earth". It can be seen that the relationship between the "Book of Changes" and the "Five Elements" is mainly in the attributes of the Five Elements of Bagua.
The Bagua directions and the attributes of the Five Elements were widely used in the "Feng Shui" of Yangzhai in the Ming Dynasty.
For example, in the "Four Books on Eight Houses", the eight houses that conform to the azimuth distribution of the "Acquired Bagua" are divided into Kan, Li, Zhen, and Xun as the East Four Houses (it is called "Brothers with shoulders, many of the same heart"), Qian, Kun, Gen, and Dui are the four houses in the west (called "the world's fathers and mothers are young and young").
No matter what house or door the "Nine Palaces Flying Star" is placed in, its transformation is originally based on the orientation and five elements attributes of the so-called "acquired eight trigrams".
Judging from the sixth line of the first hexagram Xiu in the Book of Changes, which is "tied to the golden pin", it can be seen that the lower hexagram Xun is the main line at the beginning, which corresponds to the ninety-fourth. The lower hexagram Xun is the wood and the rope. The stem of the hexagram is made of gold, so there is a saying that it is "tied to the golden stick", which seems to also pay attention to the attributes of the five elements.
From the ninety-fourth line of the Kang hexagram in the Book of Changes, "Trapped in a golden chariot", the upper part is gold, and the second, fourth, and fifth sundas are wood and rope, so there is "trapped in a golden chariot". The phrase "golden car" seems to also focus on the attributes of the five elements.
From the sixth and fifth line of the Ding hexagram in the "Book of Changes", "Ding Huang Er Jin Xuan", five is earth and the color is yellow, Xun below is wood, and two, three and four are gold. , so there is the phrase "Ding Huang Er Jin Xuan", which seems to also pay attention to the attributes of the five elements.
From the sixty-fourth line of the Jian hexagram in the Book of Changes, "Hong Jian is in the wood", the upper Xun is wood, the second, third and fourth mutual ridges are water, and the lower Gen is the stone in the water. The swan geese landed on the wood on the stone, so there is a saying that "the swans fall on the wood", which seems to also pay attention to the attributes of the five elements.
According to the "Book of Changes" Lu Gua Xun is wood, Xia Gen is Xiaozi (child servant), and the child servant is under the fire made by wood, so there is a saying that "the journey is burned and the child servant is mourned next", which seems to also pay attention to Five elements attributes.