The relationship between the five elements (Ke Wei Shang) describes the relationship between material forms.
Jin Shengmu (the material is easy to understand, and the simple memory method is that hard is better than soft. ), wood wins soil, soil wins water (here soil only refers to soil rather than soil in a broad sense), water wins fire, and fire wins gold (in the words of Tao Te Ching: "The world is the softest and the world is the strongest. Nothing is perfect ")
The coexistence of five elements (transformation occurs at birth) describes the changing law of things.
Aquatic wood, wood fires, fire produces soil, soil produces gold, and gold produces water.
From the perspective of mathematical topological geometry or graph theory, Ceng Bangzhe, Chinese Academy of Sciences, thinks that the connection mode of five elements is completely equivalent to the chemical bond connection model (structure theory) of diamond crystals, which is called the ultrastable structure model.
Because of this, we can understand the laws of all things from the yin and yang and the five elements, as the Tao Te Ching says, "Never leave home and know the world; Look at heaven without peeking. Far away, I know very little. "
Five elements come together (on five materials);
Jinshui, aquatic wood, Muhuo, Huotu, Tujin.
Golden raw water: golden needle melts raw water;
Aquatic wood: Water moistens logs;
Wood fire: wood dry warm fire;
Fire-born soil: burning wood-born soil;
Natural gold: Natural mineral deposits produce gold.
Five elements of mutual resistance:
Jin Kemu, Muketu, Tuke water, water, fire, fire, gold.
Just wins softness, so Jin wins wood; Because knives can cut down trees;
Specializing in scattering, so wood beats soil; Because trees can collapse stably;
Reality is better than emptiness, and homeland is better than water; Because the dam can stop the water flow;
The public wins the minority, so water wins the fire; Because floods can put out flames;
Fine wins strength, so fire wins gold; Because fire can melt metal.
Dialectical Ke Sheng
Gold is born in the soil, and more gold is buried in the soil; Soil depends on fire, and fire is full of soil coke; Fire depends on wood, and wood is full of fire; Wood depends on water, and water floats more than wood; Water is Lai Jinsheng, but gold is much more turbid.
Gold can produce water, and water is heavy; Water can produce wood, and wood shrinks when it meets water; Wood can make a fire, and more wood burns; Fire can produce soil, and the soil is full of fire; Soil can produce gold, and gold is much weaker than soil.
Jin neng ke mu, Jian mu Jin is insufficient; Wood can break soil, and the soil is heavy and folded; Soil can replace water, and water has more soil flow; Water can overcome fire, and fire can boil water; Fire can kill gold, but more gold can put out fire.
When gold falls in case of fire, it will melt; Fire must be put out when it meets water; When the water is weak, it will clog; When the soil declines, it will sink; Weak wood breaks.
Strong gold gets water, just to defeat its front; Strong water gets wood, slowing its momentum; If a strong wood gets fire, it will vent its English; Fire gets soil, and then gathers its flame; Strong soil gets gold, stubborn.