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===Cosmology and feng shui=== {{Main|Feng shui}} [[File:Wuxing - Five Elements - Cycle Balance Imbalance.svg|alt=Detailed illustration of the Wuxing cycle|thumb|Detailed illustration of the cycle]] The art of feng shui (Chinese [[geomancy]]) is based on ''wuxing'', with the structure of the cosmos mirroring the five phases, as well as the eight [[Trigram (I Ching)|trigrams]]. Each phase has a complex network of associations with different aspects of nature (see table): colors, seasons and shapes all interact according to the cycles.<ref name="Chinese Five Elements Chart">[http://www.northernshaolinacademy.com/new/docs/FiveElementsChart.xls Chinese Five Elements Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928105605/http://www.northernshaolinacademy.com/new/docs/FiveElementsChart.xls|date=2007-09-28}} Information on the Chinese Five Elements from Northern Shaolin Academy in Microsoft Excel 2003 Format</ref> An interaction or energy flow can be expansive, destructive, or exhaustive, depending on the cycle to which it belongs. By understanding these energy flows, a feng shui practitioner attempts to rearrange energy to benefit the client.{{efn|This order of presentation is known as the "[[Guoyu (book)|Guoyu]]", "[[Bai Hu Tong]]" or "[[Shiming]]" sequence, which is common in feng shui.<ref>{{Cite web |title=陰陽五行思想對生涯規劃的啟示 |url=https://nhu.edu.tw/~society/e-j/54/54-21.htm |website=Institute of Sociology, [[Nanhua University]]}}</ref>}} {| class="wikitable" ! Movement || colspan=2 | Metal || colspan=2 | Wood || Water || Fire || colspan=2 | Earth |- !Trigram [[hanzi]] | {{lang|zh|乾}} | {{lang|zh|兌}} | {{lang|zh|震}} | {{lang|zh|巽}} | {{lang|zh|坎}} | {{lang|zh|離}} | {{lang|zh|艮}} | {{lang|zh|坤}} |- !Trigram [[pinyin]] |qián||duì||zhèn||xùn||kǎn||lí||gèn||kūn |- ! [[Bagua|Trigrams]] |☰||☱||☳||☴||☵||☲||☶||☷ |- ! I Ching | Heaven || Lake || Thunder || Wind || Water || Fire || Mountain || Field |- ! Planet (Celestial Body) | colspan=2 | [[Venus]] || colspan=2 | [[Jupiter]] || [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] || [[Mars]] || colspan=2 | [[Saturn]] |- ! Color | colspan=2 | White || colspan=2 | Green || Black || Red || colspan=2 | Yellow |- ! Day | colspan=2 | Friday || colspan=2 | Thursday || Wednesday || Tuesday || colspan=2 | Saturday |- ! [[Season]] | colspan=2 | Autumn || colspan=2 | Spring || Winter || Summer || colspan=2 | Intermediate |- ! [[Cardinal direction]] | colspan=2 | West || colspan=2 | East || North || South || colspan=2 | Center |}
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