Gogyo

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See also: Godai (Japanese philosophy)

Gogyo (五行), The theory of the Five phases, Five elements is a Japanese nature based protoscientific theory that was introduced in the 5th and 6th centuries. It divides the material formative world into the functional phases of:[1] fire (火 hi), water (水 mizu), wood (木 ki), metal or gold (金 ka),[2] and earth or soil (土 tsuchi).[3] It relates to the principles of yin-yang and wuxing.[4]

The theory was transmitted to Japan from China, along with Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism, by monks and medical physicians. Its principles were integrated into every aspect of Japanese life, including education, health, politics by way of the ritsuryo system and Japanese folk religion through religious cosmology. Today the theory is extensively used in the practice of Japanese acupuncture, traditional Kampo medicine and Zen Buddhism.[5][6][7][8]

A major medical text which features the theory is the Nan Jing.[9]

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  1. ^ Swetz, Frank J. (2008). Legacy of the Luoshu : the 4,000 year search for the meaning of the magic square of order three. Wellesley, Mass.: A.K. Peters. ISBN 978-1-4398-6532-3. OCLC 731027808.
  2. ^ Watanabe, Kenji; Matsuura, Keiko; Gao, Pengfei; Hottenbacher, Lydia; Tokunaga, Hideaki; Nishimura, Ko; Imazu, Yoshihiro; Reissenweber, Heidrun; Witt, Claudia M. (2011). "Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine: Clinical Research between Modernity and Traditional Medicine—The State of Research and Methodological Suggestions for the Future". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011: 513842. doi:10.1093/ecam/neq067. ISSN 1741-427X. PMC 3114407. PMID 21687585.
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  4. ^ Watanabe, Kenji; Matsuura, Keiko; Gao, Pengfei; Hottenbacher, Lydia; Tokunaga, Hideaki; Nishimura, Ko; Imazu, Yoshihiro; Reissenweber, Heidrun; Witt, Claudia M. (2011). "Traditional Japanese Kampo Medicine: Clinical Research between Modernity and Traditional Medicine—The State of Research and Methodological Suggestions for the Future". Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011: 513842. doi:10.1093/ecam/neq067. ISSN 1741-427X. PMC 3114407. PMID 21687585.
  5. ^ Baracco, Luciano (2011). National Integration and Contested Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87586-823-3.
  6. ^ "五行思想 - Translation into English - examples Japanese | Reverso Context". context.reverso.net. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. ^ Yu, A. C. "History - Japanese Wiki Corpus". japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. ^ * Hayashi, Makoto; Hayek, Matthias (2013-05-01). "Editors' Introduction: Onmyodo in Japanese History". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. doi:10.18874/jjrs.40.1.2013.1-18. ISSN 0304-1042.
  9. ^ "Nan Jing: The Classic of Difficult Issues". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

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