五行学说之 五行关系学科介绍课程讲述

The

theories

five

elementsDr.Xie

HepingEmail

:sunyetsun@126.comGenerationorpromotionXiangSheng

(

inter-generation)

:

1.What

is

generation

or

promotion?Generationmeansthatonekindofobjectgenerates,strengthensor

brings

forthanother.Thesequenceofinter-promotionofthe

fiveelements

:woodpromotesfire,firepromotesearth,earthpromotesmetal,metalpromoteswater,andwaterpromoteswood.RestrictionXiangKe(inter-inhibition,orcontrol1.Whatisrestriction?2.Itsorder3.“beingrestricted”and“restrictiThesequenceof

the

inter-in

hib

ofthefiveelementsis

:wood

inhibitsearth,earthinhibits

water,waterinhibitsfire,fireinhibits

metal,and

metal,inturn,inhibits

woInthiscircularorder,eachofthefiveelementsismarkedby“beingrestricted”and“restricting”.Forexample,theelemrestrictingwoodismetal,andtheelementthatisrestrictedbywoodisearth.Subjugation

（

over-restriction）

1.Whatissubjugation?2.Its

order3.CausesSubjugation1.Whatissubjugation?Subjugationissimilartolaunchinganattackwhencounterpartisweak.Itisanexcessiverestrictiamongthefiveelements.Subjugationisnotanormalrestrictionbutaharmfconditionoccurringunderabnormalcircumstances.Subjugation,Cheng(over-action)2.ItsorderTheorderofsubjugationisthesameasthatofrestriction.Cheng

(over-action)

means

bullying.Theover-actionofthefiveelementsrefersthatacerta

elementover-inhibitstheconquered

one.Subjugation3.Causes“being

restricted

”

elementisabnormalwe “restricting

”

elementisabnormalpower

f

Example?Violation（Counter-restriction）1.What

is

counter-restriction?

2.Its

order3.CausesCounter-restriction1.WhatisCounter-restriction?Counter-restrictionliterallymeansthatthstrongonebulliestheweak.Amongthefiveelementsitimpliesthatoneelementpreysanother.Itisamorbidconditioninwhichoneelementfailstorestricttheotherinregularorder,butisrestrictedbytheothinthereverseorder.Counter-restriction2.Its

ordertheorderofcounter-restrictionisjustthe

oppositetothatof

restriction.Wu(counteraction)meansinsult.Thecounteractionofthefiveelementsrefersthatacertainelementinhibitsthconqueringone,i.e.,counter-inhibition,alsocalledanti-insult.Counter-restriction3.Causes“beingrestricted”elementisabnormalpowerful,“restricting”elementisabnormalweak.Example?reviewAccordingtoChinesephilosophy,allsubstancesandphenomenacanbegeneralizedandclassifiedintofivebasicelementsincludingwood,fire,earth,metalandwater.Theirrelationshipsincludepromotion（生）,restriction（克）,over-restriction（乘）andcounter-restriction（侮）.Thefiveelementsrepresentthedynamicprocessofallthethings.That’sthefiveelementstheory,inChinese,theyarenamedwuxing.Beusedtoexplainthemovements,orders,andrelationshipsamongallthethingsinuniverseandhuma