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Shang Shu Hong Fan describes the dialogue between Zhou Wuwang and Ji Zi, which says: "Five elements: water, fire, wood, gold and earth. Moisturizing, fire inflammation, straight wood, golden leather, soil fertilizer. Moisturizing is salty, inflammation is bitter, straight is sour, leather is spicy, and farming is sweet. " Traditionally, Shang Shu Hong Fan and Shang Shu Shi Gan are works of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Because there are few "five elements" in the works before the Warring States period, the ancient skepticism school thinks that the works with "five elements" before the Warring States period must be forgeries of later generations. This argument is inappropriate. Nie Wentao pointed out that the "five materials" mentioned in Zuo Zhuan is the application or extension of the five elements thought, not the origin of the five elements theory. "Material" didn't mean "line" in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zuo Zhuan: "Five talents are born, and people can use them and abandon them", which shows the great influence of the theory of "Five Elements". "Five Elements" were mentioned in Sunzi in the same period of Zuozhuan, and it is difficult for skeptics to prove that Sunzi is a fake in the late Warring States period. Skeptics in ancient times once assumed that Shangshu was a work of Han Dynasty, but bamboo slips from Guodian Chu Tomb proved that Shangshu was not a fake of Han Dynasty. To be sure, in the late Warring States period, the idea of five elements winning each other (grams) was put forward, which fixed the order of victory (grams) and fate, formed a mode of contradictory unity between things, and embodied the internal structural relationship and the idea of overall grasp. Because during this period, Neijing applied the theory of five elements to medicine, which played an important role in studying and sorting out a large number of clinical experiences accumulated by the ancients and forming a unique theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Five Emperors" records: "... there are five elements in the sky, fire, water and Jin Mu soil, which are cultivated in time to form everything. Its god name is Five Emperors. " So, what are the five elements and how are they interpreted in history? The word "Five Elements" first appeared in Shi Gan and Hong Fan in Shangshu. In Shi Gan, it means "a Hu Shi threatened the Five Elements, neglected the Three Righteousnesses, and destroyed his life with Heaven". "Hong Fan" pointed out that "guns are flooding, and five elements of Chen Qi are gurgling; The emperor was furious, but he didn't kill Hong Fan's nine domains ... Gun died, Yunis flourished, and the sky was the nine domains of Xi Yu Hongfan, and it was a reunion. Five elements: water, fire, wood, gold and earth. The "five elements" have been clearly defined as water, fire, wood, gold and earth in Hong Fan, and are considered to be the first. In Zhou Youwang, the "five elements" are considered as five matrices that make up everything. There are also "five elements" in Zuozhuan. Here, he is considered as a "native five elements", which is closely related to the "five materials" and the reproduction of the earth. " The five elements are related to the presentation and continuous operation of nature. The so-called "line", Zheng Xuan noted: "Qi Tian, Shun Tian also. The "five elements" mentioned in Shangshu have a certain symbolic meaning-"line". What "line" refers to is nothing more than a natural "operation" and a natural behavior that keeps moving according to a rule inherent in its own presentation. Therefore, whenever there is a flood, the emperor will get angry, because it is against the laws of nature. Destiny fell on Yu because Yu guided the situation to control water, and water-based nature is basically flowing. Blocking the flow to control it will naturally destroy the water-based nature, which will inevitably lead to the wrath of heaven and therefore arouse people's resentment. Therefore, Xia Qi's Crusade is considered as "a Crusade". "To sum up, we can clearly understand that the' five elements' are material movements; It means Lord of all things. What the ancients said above is actually expressing an idea: if you don't follow the "five elements", you will be abandoned by fate like a husband and widow! Although a bit idealistic, it is not unreasonable. Let nature take its course and guide the situation according to the situation, which will be smoother than blindly and recklessly. [Edit this paragraph] The characteristics of the five elements The ancient working people realized that the five elements had different performances through long-term contact and observation. " Straight wood means that wood has the characteristics of growth and rising; Fire is said to get angry ",which means that fire has the characteristics of heating up;" Soil is beneficial to crops "means that soil has the characteristics of planting crops and biochemical substances;" Jin said to follow the leather "yes, gold has the characteristics of killing and changing;" Water wet "means that the water is wet down. Based on this understanding, the ancients classified all kinds of things in the universe into five elements, so conceptually, it is not gold, wood, water, fire and earth themselves, but a comparable abstract expression shared by all kinds of things and phenomena.