{"id":4285,"date":"2020-05-30T05:51:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T04:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=4285"},"modified":"2022-11-22T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:18:38","slug":"five-elements","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/five-elements","title":{"rendered":"five elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The teachings of the five elements and the five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/phases\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Five Phases of Transformation. The teachings of the five elements and the five phases of transformation (w&#468;x&iacute;ng) is a Daoist theory for describing nature. It searches for regularities according to which dynamic transformation processes take place within the realm of the living. The five elements Wood, Earth, Water, Fire and Metal are derived from nature&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">phases<\/a> of transformation (w&#468;x&iacute;ng) is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/dao\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dao is traditionally referred to as &quot;the path&quot;. Within Daoist philosophy it describes the eternal and active principle of creation which encompasses both original unity and duality. Dao thus constitute the basic principle of the world's creation, it is a principle of immanence (= all-pervading) as well as transcendence (= undifferentiated emptiness, mother of the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Dao<\/a>ist theory for describing nature. It searches for regularities according to which dynamic transformation processes take place within the realm of the living. The five elements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1281\">Wood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1385\">Earth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1303\">Water<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1306\">Fire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1289\">Metal<\/a> are derived from nature and stand for abstract properties.<\/p>\n<p>How the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/trigram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The eight trigrams are the basis of the I&nbsp;Ching. They are composed of three solid (Yang) or broken (Yin) lines. Two trigrams form a hexagram, one image of I&nbsp;Ching. The colored trigrams link to the respective chapters in the I Ching Course where they are explained in detail. Chinese Name Traditional Image Traditional Characteristic Modern&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">trigram<\/a>s of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/i-ching\" target=\"_self\" title='The I&nbsp;Ching (Chinese &#63968;&#32147;, y&igrave; jing, W.-G. I&nbsp;Ching, auch: I Jing, YI&nbsp;Ching, Yi King; \"The Book of Changes\") is based on cosmology and philosophy of ancient China, particularly Daoism (Taoism). Basic ideas behind the I Ching include balance of opposites and acceptance of change. The book describes the world in 64 images which in turn&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">I Ching<\/a> are assigned to the five phases of transformation in the present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/interpretation-model\" target=\"_self\" title='The&nbsp;no2DO interpretation model splits a hexagram into upper and lower trigram (\"lower trigram\",\"upper trigram\"), and both core character (\"first core character\"; \"second core character\"). Read more: https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1550' class=\"encyclopedia\">interpretation model<\/a> is explained in more detail here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/989\">Trigrams, Elements, Functional Circuits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teachings of the five elements and the five phases of transformation (w\u01d4x\u00edng) is a Daoist theory for describing nature. It searches for regularities according to which dynamic transformation processes take place within the realm of the living. The five elements Wood, Earth, Water, Fire and Metal are derived from nature and stand for abstract&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/five-elements\">Weiterlesen:<span> five elements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-4285","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}