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==Cycles== In traditional doctrine, the five phases are connected in two cycles of interactions: a promoting or generative ({{linktext|lang=zh|生}} ''shēng'') cycle, also known as "mother-son"; and an overacting or destructive ({{linktext|lang=zh|克}} ''kè'') cycle, also known as "grandfather-grandson" (see diagram). Each of these cycles can be interpreted and analyzed in a forward or reversed direction. In addition to the aforementioned cycles there is also what is considered an "overacting" or excessively generating version of the destructive cycle.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} ===Inter-promoting=== The generative cycle ({{linktext|lang=zh|相|生}} ''xiāngshēng'') is: *Wood feeds Fire *Fire produces Earth (ash, lava) *Earth bears Metal (geological processes produce minerals) *Metal collects Water (water vapor condenses on metal, for example) *Water nourishes Wood (Water flowers, plants and other changes in forest) ===Inter-regulating=== The destructive cycle ({{linktext|lang=zh|相|克}} ''xiāngkè'') is: *Wood grasps (or stabilizes) Earth (roots of trees can prevent soil erosion) *Earth contains (or directs) Water (dams or river banks) *Water dampens (or regulates) Fire *Fire melts (or refines or shapes) Metal *Metal chops (or carves) Wood ===Overacting=== The excessive destructive cycle ({{linktext|lang=zh|相|乘}} ''xiāngchéng'') is: *Wood depletes Earth (depletion of nutrients in soil, over-farming, overcultivation) *Earth obstructs Water (over-damming) *Water extinguishes Fire *Fire melts Metal (affecting its integrity) *Metal makes Wood rigid to easily snap. ===Weakening=== The reverse generative cycle ({{linktext|lang=zh|相|洩}}/{{linktext|lang=zh|相|泄}} ''xiāngxiè'') is: *Wood depletes Water *Water rusts Metal *Metal impoverishes Earth (erosion, destructive mining of minerals) *Earth smothers Fire *Fire burns Wood (forest fires) ===Counteracting=== A reverse or deficient destructive cycle ({{linktext|lang=zh|相|侮}} ''xiāngwǔ'' or {{linktext|lang=zh|相|耗}} ''xiānghào'') is: *Wood dulls Metal *Metal de-energizes Fire (conducting heat away) *Fire evaporates Water *Water muddies (or destabilizes) Earth *Earth rots Wood (buried wood rots)
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