五ご行ぎょう説せつ

noun

theory of the five elements; five phases theory; wuxing theory

Refers to the traditional Chinese philosophical concept of five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and their interactions. Used in contexts of traditional medicine, philosophy, and divination.

• 五ご行ぎょう説せつは中ちゅう国ごくの古こ代だい哲てつ学がくの一ひとつです。

  The theory of the five elements is one of the ancient Chinese philosophies.

• 漢かん方ぽうでは五ご行ぎょう説せつに基もとづいて診しん断だんを行おこなうことがあります。

  In traditional Chinese medicine, diagnoses are sometimes made based on the five phases theory.