Gogyo

Gogyo (五行) is a Japanese theory which was introduced in the 5th and 6th centuries. It divides the material world into five phases: fire (火 hi), water (水 mizu), wood (木 ki), metal (金 ka), and earth (土 tsuchi).[2] It relates to the principles of yin-yang and wuxing.

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.[3][4][5][6]

A major medical text which features the theory is the Nan Jing.[7]

See also

Sources
  1. "Inyo Gogyo setsu website". Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. "Japanese-English Bilingual Corpus of Wikipedia's Kyoto Articles". alaginrc.nict.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. Baracco, Luciano (2011). National Integration and Contested Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87586-823-3.
  4. "五行思想 - Translation into English - examples Japanese | Reverso Context". context.reverso.net. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  5. Yu, A. C. "History - Japanese Wiki Corpus". japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. "Nan Jing: The Classic of Difficult Issues". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

Japanese acupuncture

Gogyo Aikido

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