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Earth |
Prithvi |
Fire (火)
Metal (金)
Earth (土)
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Fire (火) Earth (地) |
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InChinese philosophy, water (Chinese: 水; pinyin: shuǐ) Water is Yin in nature and is associated with winter, cold and the color black and death, the planet Mercury, the moon, night, the north, and the Black Tortoise (Xuan Wu) in the Four Symbols of Chinese constellations.
In Chinese Taoist Wuxing thought, water is representative of intelligence, fidelity and wisdom, flexibility, softness, and pliancy; however, an overabundance of the element is said to cause difficulty in choosing something and sticking to it. In the same way, water can be fluid and passive, but can also wield great power when it floods and overwhelms the land. In Chinese medicine, water is believed to govern the kidney, the urinary bladder, fertiliity and jing. It is associated with the ears, hearing and the bones. The negative emotions associated with water are fear and anxiety, and the positive emotions are fortitude and the virtue of wisdom;[1] the "soul" associated with water is zhi (志), meaning "will" or "determination."