| rdfs:comment | - Wu Xing (五形; literally "Five Forms") is a Chinese martial art that supposedly originated from the Shaolin Temple in Henan, and includes imagery of five forms of animal-based Chinese martial arts: snake, crane, tiger, leopard and dragon. Each animal has characteristics that provide the practitioner with an array of offensive and defensive techniques. Only through a mastery of each of these animals can one hope to become a complete Kung Fu stylist.
- Wu Xing traditional Chinese philosophy describing the energy flow in cycles from yin to yang. These cycles consist of five elements all interacting with one another.
- The Wu Xing, (五行 wŭ xíng) also known as the Five Phases, the Five Agents, the Five Movements, and the Five Steps/Stages, are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device, in many traditional Chinese fields. Within Chinese medicine texts the Wu Xing are also referred to as Wu Yun (五運 wŭ yùn) or a combination of the two characters (Wu Xing-Yun) these emphasise the corresondence of five elements to five 'seasons' (four seasons plus one). Another tradition refers to the wu xing as wu de 五德, the Five Virtues (五德終始說). The five elements are:
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| abstract | - The Wu Xing, (五行 wŭ xíng) also known as the Five Phases, the Five Agents, the Five Movements, and the Five Steps/Stages, are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device, in many traditional Chinese fields. Within Chinese medicine texts the Wu Xing are also referred to as Wu Yun (五運 wŭ yùn) or a combination of the two characters (Wu Xing-Yun) these emphasise the corresondence of five elements to five 'seasons' (four seasons plus one). Another tradition refers to the wu xing as wu de 五德, the Five Virtues (五德終始說). It has customarily been translated as Five Elements probably because of the similarity of this doctrine to the Western system of four elements. Text from the Mawangdui Silk Texts suggest that it was originally like the Western system representing elemental substances. The Wu Xing were mainly used as memory tools, hence the preferred translation of "movements", "phases" or "steps" over "elements". By the same token, Mu is thought of as "Tree" rather than "Wood". The five elements are: The system of five phases was used for describing interactions and relationships between phenomena. It was employed as a device in many fields of early Chinese thought, including seemingly disparate fields such as geomancy or Feng shui, astrology, traditional Chinese medicine, music, military strategy and martial arts. The system is still used as a reference in some forms of complementary and alternative medicine and martial arts. Some claim the original foundation of these are the concept of the Five Cardinal Points.
- Wu Xing (五形; literally "Five Forms") is a Chinese martial art that supposedly originated from the Shaolin Temple in Henan, and includes imagery of five forms of animal-based Chinese martial arts: snake, crane, tiger, leopard and dragon. Each animal has characteristics that provide the practitioner with an array of offensive and defensive techniques. Only through a mastery of each of these animals can one hope to become a complete Kung Fu stylist.
- Wu Xing traditional Chinese philosophy describing the energy flow in cycles from yin to yang. These cycles consist of five elements all interacting with one another.
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