五ご行ぎょう思し想そう

noun

five elements theory; wuxing; five phases theory

Refers to the traditional Chinese philosophical system of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, and their interactions. Often discussed in the context of traditional medicine, cosmology, and divination.

See also: 五行説

• 五ご行ぎょう思し想そうは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで生うまれた自し然ぜん哲てつ学がくの一ひとつです。

  The five elements theory is one of the natural philosophies that originated in ancient China.

• 東とう洋よう医い学がくでは、五ご行ぎょう思し想そうに基もとづいて体からだのバランスを考かんがえます。

  In Eastern medicine, bodily balance is considered based on the five elements theory.