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| | Five elements (Chinese philosophy) - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In traditional Chinese philosophy, natural phenomena can be classified into the Five Elements (Chinese: 五行; Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxíng): wood, fire, earth, metal, and water (木, 火, 土, 金, 水; mù, huǒ, tǔ, jīn, shǔi). |
 | | These elements were used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. |
 | | The elements have also been correlated to the eight trigrams of the I Ching: |
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