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| Ying And Yang |
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The basic principles of the Four Pillars of Destiny are Ying
Yang and the Five Elements. Ying and Yang are the Chinese words
meaning shade and light, thus symbolizing the two opposite concepts,
such as stillness and motion, female and male, minus and plus, earth
and heaven, winter and summer, and so on. The origin of this thought
is in the last stage of the Ying dynasty.
According to the Book of Changes, a Chinese classic, there was first
the source of the universe called the Great Ultimate. Then it was
gradually divided into Ying and Yang, and all living things were
born by the interaction of these two forces. The view of rise and
fall in the Warring States period is fundamentally the same as this
Ying Yang principle. However, this thought is different from the
so-called dualism. That is, Ying contains Yang, and Yang contains
Ying. And these two are completely opposite but complementary cosmic
forces.
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| The Five Elements |
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The Five Elements are Wood, Fire, Soil, Metal,
and Water, and these are the words originating in the planets of
the solar system, namely, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury.
The origin of this theory is also in the last stage of the Yin dynasty.
At the beginning, the Five Elements were the thought that all things
were governed by the attribute of Wood, Fire, Soil, Metal, or Water.
And then the view of rise and fall was introduced into the Five
Elements in the Warring States period, and the vicissitudes of dynasties
were explained using these metaphysical agents. One of them is the
relation which each element helps a partner and gives power. Wood
produces Fire by rubbing each other. After Fire is burned out, it
turns into ashes and changes to Soil. Soil produces Metal over long
years in the ground. Metal melts with heat and turns into fluid,
or gets cold and produces Water drop on the surface. And Water sends
nourishment to Wood and helps the growth. Another is the relation
which each element defeats a partner and takes power. Wood takes
nourishment from Soil for the growth. Soil can dam up the flow of
Water by piling up. Water can extinguish Fire blazing up. Fire can
melt a hard Metal with the heat and flame. And Metal fells Wood
by using it as an edged tool. These interactions of five base elements
are indispensable for living things in order to maintain the balance.
And these are also applicable to the character or fortune of a person.
Four Pillars of Destiny is the Chinese fortune telling which reads
the interaction of these Five Elements based on the birthday.
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