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Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...
They are associated with the five colors, the five phases of the continuous creation (Wuxing 五行), the five key planets of the Solar System and the five constellations rotating around the celestial pole, the five sacred mountains and five directions of space (their terrestrial form), and the five Dragon Gods (龙神 Lóngshén) who represent ...
These mythological creatures have also been syncretized into the Five Phases system (Wuxing). The Azure Dragon of the East represents Wood, the Vermilion Bird of the South represents Fire, the White Tiger of the West represents Metal, and the Black Tortoise (or Black Warrior) of the North represents Water. In this system, the fifth principle ...
Decades after the 1996 film, the elderly Bowen finds a dragon egg in Draco's cave a year before his death. There is a prophecy foretelling that a dragon's heart will doom humanity when a two-tailed comet arrives, so Bowen leaves the egg in the care of Brother Gilbert's monastery. The friars vow to hide the dragon until after the comet passes.
Frederic H. Balfour's brief 1884 essay about the "Imprint of the Heart" (Xinyin jing) contains the earliest known Western reference to the Three Treasures: [4] "There are three degrees of Supreme Elixir – the Spirit, the Breath, and the Essential Vigour."
The Five Ancestors is a young adult book series written by Jeff Stone about five young Chinese warrior monks who are the only survivors of the destruction and raid of their home, Cangzhen Temple. Each of the warriors specializes in an animal kung fu and possesses a Cantonese animal name: Fu (Tiger), Malao (Monkey), Seh (Snake), Hok (Crane ...
In some later Daoist accounts, this group is extended to six. The Six Heavenly Ministers (Chinese: 六御; pinyin: liù yù) include, in addition to the prior four: [5] [6] the King Father of the East, [e] also called the Sovereign of the Eastern Florescence [f] the Queen Mother of the West, [g] also called the Primordial Lady Golden Mother [h]
[5] The empire gains the Mandate of Heaven. [5] (The cycle repeats itself.) The Mandate of Heaven was the idea that the monarch was favored by Heaven to rule over China. The Mandate of Heaven explanation was championed by the Chinese philosopher Mencius during the Warring States period. [5] It has 3 main phases: The first is the beginning of ...