5th element

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the ancient chinese believed that the universe was composed of these five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.  they are both consequential and antithetical: metal begets water, water begets wood, wood begets fire, fire begets earth, and earth beget metal; and, conversely, metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes metal.  to a large extent, the Feng Shui theory is a and application of the dynamic relationships of the five elements.

 

~ by ronjr811 on April 24, 2008.