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Five Arts

The five arts, Chinese 五術 wŭ shù, also called the “five methods”. The ancient Chinese have developed five so called arts dedicated to the metaphysics: destiny studies (命學 mìng xué): these include the Chinese astrology like the four pillars of

Five Elements

The five elements, Chinese 五行 wŭ xíng, literally translated means “the five changing phases”. It is a Chinese theory to describe nature. Everything in the world can be assigned to one of the five elements representing the five different material