Phase is a better translation for the five seasons ( 五 運 wǔyùn) mentioned below, and so agents or processes might be preferred for the primary term xíng. It should be recognized that the word phase, although commonly preferred, is not perfect. The word element is thus used within the context of Chinese medicine with a different meaning to its usual meaning. By the same token, Mù is thought of as "Tree" rather than "Wood". Whereas the classical Greek elements were concerned with substances or natural qualities, the Chinese xíng are "primarily concerned with process and change," hence the common translation as "phases" or "agents". This translation arose by false analogy with the Western system of the four elements. Wǔxíng is also widely translated as "Five Elements" and this is used extensively by many including practitioners of Five Element acupuncture. Wǔxíng originally refers to the five major planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars, Venus) that create five dimensions of earth life. Xíng ( 行) of wǔxíng ( 五行) means moving a planet is called a 'moving star' ( 行星 xíngxīng) in Chinese. Although often translated as the Five Elements in comparison to Classical elements of the ancient Merranean world, the Wuxing were conceived primarily as cosmic agents of change rather than a means to describe natural substances. After it came to maturity in the second or first century BCE during the Han dynasty, this device was employed in many fields of early Chinese thought, including seemingly disparate fields such as Yi jing divination, alchemy, feng shui, astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy, and martial arts. The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. In the order of "mutual overcoming" ( 相克 xiāngkè), they are Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal. In the order of "mutual generation" ( 相生 xiāngshēng), they are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. This order of presentation is known as the " Days of the Week" sequence. The "Five Phases" are Fire ( 火 huǒ), Water ( 水 shuǐ), Wood ( 木 mù), Metal or Gold ( 金 jīn), and Earth or Soil ( 土 tǔ). Wuxing ( Chinese: 五行 pinyin: wǔxíng), usually translated as Five Phases, is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena, from cosmic cycles to the interaction between internal organs, and from the succession of political regimes to the properties of medicinal drugs. The Manchu word usiha, meaning "star", explains that this tablet is dedicated to the five planets: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury and the movements which they govern.
Tablet in the Temple of Heaven of Beijing, written in Chinese and Manchu, dedicated to the gods of the Five Movements.
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