This refers to the concept of the five elements sequentially overpowering each other, which is also described as “the five elements, each in turn checking the next”. The term “five elements” refers to five basic material elements, namely: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. According to this concept, water checks fire, fire checks metal; metal…
Here, bi (比) means to arrange and combine something in a certain way, and yue(乐) means to express through music. As a noun in its broad sense, yue refers to both the arrangement of sounds and the dance that accompanies the music. When a person experiences changes of feeling, triggered by external encounter, he will naturally make a variety of soun…
To be able to stop war is a true craft of war. This famous military view was first raised by King Zhuang of Chu（？-591 BC） in the Spring and Autumn Period, on the basis of the structure of the Chinese character wu (武). Wu is composed of zhi (止), which means to stop; and ge (戈), which means dagger-axe or weapons and is used here in the metaphori…
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