关于五行的讨论  

Discussion on Wu Xing

作　　者：郝万山[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京中医药大学基础医学院,北京100029

出　　处：《北京中医药大学学报》2009年第1期8-11,共4页Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

基　　金：国家重点基础研究发展计划(973计划)项目(No.2005CB523506)

摘　　要：五行是通过"仰观天文,俯察地理,中知人事"的研究方法,揭示出的自然界一年之中气的运动变化规律。五行非五材。五材是指具体的物质、材料、元素。五行是指气的5种运动方式。从物候观察,春季是气的展放运动控制或主导着自然界的生命活动,便名以"木"气;夏季是气的上升运动控制或主导着生命活动,便名以"火"气;秋季是气的内收运动控制或主导着生命活动,便名以"金"气;冬季是气的潜降运动控制或主导着生命活动,便名以"水"气;而长夏是气的平稳运动控制或主导着生命活动,便名以"土"气。五行之间,以季节为序,相资生、相养助,叫五行相生;五行之间,以季节相间为序相制约、相抑制,叫五行相克。有相生则不会导致某行的不足,有相克则不会造成某行的太过,从而保证了一年之中气机变化的稳态。经过几十亿年的氤氲衍化,化育了生命世界,所有的生命都被打上了五行的烙印。《内经》把五行和阴阳并列起来,都看成是化育生命的本源。五行学说是古代人类研究大自然气的运动和变化规律的学说,是研究生命起源、生命运动规律的古代自然科学学说。In the theory system of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, Wu Xing is a joint name of Mu, Huo, Tu, Jin and Shui. In Chinese, they are the same words with wood, fire, earth, metal and water, but they do not mean these five kinds of material or elements. Wu Xing means five kinds of moving tendencies of qi. The ancients draw a conclusion to the annual regular motion of qi by a great deal of systematic or scientific study on the natural phenomenon and human beings, and named it as Wu Xing. When the handle of Triones points to the east, it is the season of spring on the Northern Hemisphere. According to carefully observation of the nature, the outspread movement of qi, which was named Mu qi, dominates the life phenomenon in spring. When the handle of Triones points to the south, it is the season of summer on the Northern Hemisphere. According to carefully observation of the nature, the up movement of qi, which was named Huo qi, dominates the life phenomenon in summer. When the handle of Triones points to the west, it is the season of autumn on the Northern Hemisphere. According to carefully observation of the nature, the indrawn movement of qi, which was named Jin qi, dominates the life phenomenon in autumn. When the handle of Triones points to the north, it is the season of winter on the Northern Hemisphere. According to carefully observation of the nature, the down movement of qi, which was named Shui qi, dominates the life phenomenon in winter. Between summer and autumn, there is another season called long summer in Chinese. The dominant movement of qi in long summer is calm and changeless, which is called Tu qi. The doctrine of Wu Xing describes both an inter-promotion cycle and an inter-inhibition cycle of interactions. The inter-promotion cycle is Mu→Huo→Tu→Jin→Shui→Mu, following the order of seasons. The interinhibition cycle is Mu→Tu→Shui→Huo→in→Mu. These interactions can adjust the movement of qi to be a relative balance state in one year. After the evolution of billions year, it gave

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