China in the third century envisioned the work in terms of two interlocking systems: yin-yang and the five phases, also known less accurately as the five elements.
The duality of yin-yang is one of the constant norms of the universe. Though opposing, are also complementary in that one can never act independently of the other; the waxing of one invariably entails the waning of the other.
The familiar figure representation of yin-yang emphasizes the fluid symbiotic relation. The curvilinear areas of dark and light enfold each other within a perfect circle that knows no beginning or end; the tiny seeds of each are discovered in the swelling contours of its opposite. At the culmination of one, its opposite is born, and so on, in a constant process of advance and retreat, making and unmaking.
The list of the five phases includes water, fire, wood, metal, and Earth. The phases are essentially five different types of processes ergo the corrected term of "phases vs. elements."
Bibliography:
Nylan, Michael and Hsiung, Yang. "The Elemental Changes: The Ancient Chinese Companion to the I Ching." New York Press, 1994.
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Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
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