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In Chinese astrology, wood is included in the 10 heavenly stems (the five elements in their yin and yang forms), which combine with the 12 earthly branches (or Chinese signs of the zodiac), to form a 60 year cycle. Yang wood year (e.g. 1974). Yin wood year(e.g. 1975). Wood governs the Chinese zodiac signs Tiger and Rabbit. [citation needed]
However, this analogy is misleading. The four elements are concerned with form, substance and quantity, whereas wuxing are "primarily concerned with process, change, and quality". [12] For example, the wuxing element "Wood" is more accurately thought of as the "vital essence" of trees rather than the physical substance wood. [13]
During the Han period, the familiar elements of traditional Chinese culture—the yin-yang philosophy, the theory and technology of the five elements , the concepts of heaven and earth, and Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian morality—were brought together to formalize the philosophical principles of Chinese medicine and divination, astrology and ...
His theory attempted to explain the universe in terms of basic forces in nature: the complementary agents of yin (dark, cold, female, negative) and yang (light, hot, male, positive) and the Five Elements or Five Phases (water, fire, wood, metal, and earth). In its early days, this theory was most strongly associated with the states of Yan and ...
[1] His teachings combined and systematized two current theories during the Warring States period: Yin-Yang and the Five Elements/Phases (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water). All of Zou Yan's writings have been lost and are only known through quotations in early Chinese texts.
Chinese philosopher Zou Yan (鄒衍; 305 – 240 BCE) is considered the founder of the school, [2] and is the best known as the representative thinker of the Yin and Yang School (or School of Naturalists) during the Hundred Schools of Thought era in Chinese philosophy. Zou Yan was a noted scholar of the Jixia Academy in the state of Qi.
The characteristic of the combination of any of these elements could differ from person to person, thus leading to a different result in the calculation of one's fate. [19] For example, “when a man of wood has some qualities of water he will enjoy honor and wealth, and will be above normal in scholarly undertakings”. [20]
Cai (wealth) Stylized character Wealth Fo (佛) Chinese character Buddha Fu (福) Chinese character Upright prosperity/ good luck Upside down Stylized symbol prosperity/ good luck Lu (禄) Chinese character Stylized symbol Shou: Chinese character longevity Stylized symbol Shou with wan Wan Chinese character Ten thousand years Xi (double happiness)