Water Symbolism

What is the symbolism of water in Chinese culture Laozi's "goodness is like water" symbolizes the quality of water. Laozi said: "good as water", "water is good for all things without competition, in the evil of all people, so a few in the way. What is actually said here is the way to be a human being, that is to say, to be a human being should be like water, water nourishes all things, but never competes with all things for superiority and inferiority, and such a character is the closest to the Tao. Water has five virtues, because it is always flowing, can be universal to all living things, as if there is virtue; the flow must be downward, not against the shape, or square or long, must be delayed, as if there is righteousness; vast and endless, as if there is the way; flow hundreds of zhang between the mountains and not afraid, as if there is courage; put no unevenness of the heights, as if to abide by the law; the amount of the measure of how much, do not need to cut and scrape, as if upright; pervasive, as if the understanding; the source must be from the west, as if the will; out of the take in, everything is washed and cleaned, and the world is clean, and so on. It is as if it is good at change. The water has these good virtues, so the gentleman must be observed when he encounters the water.

What does water represent? Water on behalf of wealth

Feng Shui standards of the ancients is the simplest and most critical phrase is the mountains surrounded by water, the ancients believe that good feng shui is bound to be surrounded by mountains, water. Mountains surrounded by water hugging the land is mostly plains, but the area of the plains are large and small. Why did the ancients choose the site in the water surrounded by the place?

Although the ancients did not invent the word centrifugal force, but our ancestors from the role of flooding on the riverbed and embankment to see the impact of the shape of the river on the alluvial plains: the river encircling the plains, the river will be flooded when the river wash away the plains across the embankment, the riverbed will be extended outward so that the area of the plains increased; when the river back when the river back to the plains, a flood flood floods will be washed away the plains of the soil so that the plains In other words, our ancestors have long recognized the fact that the riverbed would extend outward to increase the area of the plain. In other words, our ancestors have long recognized that when an object is moving in a circular or arc shape, it will produce an outward force, which is basically consistent with Newton's theory of centrifugal force.

In agricultural societies land is the most important means of production, the source of wealth, but the land, especially the plains are alluvial rivers, and the shape of the river plays a key role in the increase or decrease of the land area, so the ancients regarded water as wealth.

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Water represents flexibility, suppleness

Its unique fluidity, which allows it to navigate through all kinds of obstacles and adapt to all shapes of containers, is a symbol of adaptability!

Bruce Lee, in an interview, emphasized that martial arts and people should be as soft as water, go with the flow, and finally said "Be water friends~~ "

What character represents water a lot of The following is the genus of water, and the meaning of the word is better:

氵部：ting, Hui, Han, Jiang, River, Lake, Sea, and so on. The following characters represent water and have good meanings: Ting, Hui, Han, Jiang, River, Lake, Sea, Ocean, Stream, Shan, Tang, Chi, Feng, Wang, Pei, Mu, Sha, Wo, Wen, Qinqin, Shanghai, Shen, Foam, Fa, Swimming, Zhi, Hong, Hong, Dong, Luo, Liu, Ji, Chau, Hu, Jin, Zhe, Juan, Vastness, Liu, Rune, Waves, Rise, Surge, Dredge, Qing, Gradual, Tim, Shu, Yuchun, Chun, Fade, Shen, Han, Hong Kong, Xiang, Bo, Winn, Duo, Wan, Man, Pu pu, Yuan, Dissolve, Bin, Act, Zhang, Dive, Surge, Tide, Tam, Pan, Clear, Lan, Cheng

Water: Water, Yong, Quan, Miao

Rain: Rain, Yun (cloud), Wen, Needs, Jijian, Xiaoxiao, Yu, Lin, Fay, Dew, Fog

Zi: Zi, Kong, Cun, Sun, Meng, Xue, Ru

Black: Hei, Mo, Muo, Dai

Fish: Fish, Ru, Bao, Fresh, Koi, Kun Fresh, Fresh, Carp, Kun

Other non-decade ZiHai, Xuan, North, Zhi, Congmin, Xian, Dong, etc.

What shapes in the five elements represent water? Jin shape - round, semi-circular;

Wood shape - long line, long penalty shape.

Water shape - made up of several circles or semicircles, such as plum blossom shape, wave shape.

Fire shape - triangular, polygonal.

Earth shape - square quadrilateral.

What does Fire and Water stand for in the Five Elements Water: when water is strong and gets earth, the square becomes a pond.

Water can produce wood, wood more water shrinkage; strong water to get wood, Fang Drain its momentum.

The water can restrain the fire, the fire more water dry; the fire is weak in the water, will not be extinguished.

Water depends on gold, gold more water turbid; gold can generate water, water more gold sinking. The relationship between the five elements is "wood begets fire, fire begets earth, earth begets gold, gold begets water, water begets wood".

The relationship between the five elements is "wood grams of earth, earth grams of water, water grams of fire, fire grams of gold, gold grams of wood."

The symbolism of water in traditional culture, "The goodness of water is like water, the water is good for all things but not to compete, in the evil of all people, so a few in the road. " (Laozi? Eight Chapters")

"The goodness of human nature is also, as if the water is on the bottom. There is no human being who is not good, and there is no water that does not go down." (Mencius? 告子上》

"Confucius viewed the water flowing from the east, and Zigong asked Confucius, 'What is the reason why a gentleman must view the great water?' Confucius said: 'The water, (biàn) and all the living and do nothing, like Germany; its flow also Bei (pí) down, the train must follow its reason, like righteousness; its (guāng) port mash (gǔ) end, like the road; if there is a decision to line, it should be anonymous (yi) if the sound, its to the valley of a hundred feet without fear, like courage; the main amount must be flat, like the law; surplus does not seek to generalize, like the right; Nao (nào) about the micro-da , seems to be the study; to get out to get in, in order to fresh e, seems to be the good chemistry; its ten thousand folds also must be east, seems to be the will. Therefore, the gentleman to see the water must be viewed. '" ("Xunzi? Yu sit" )

"Zi in the Sichuan, said: pass away, do not give up day and night." ("The Analects of Confucius, Zihan" )

"The C of Taishan pierces through the stone, and the rope of the single pole breaks the stem. The water is not the drill of the stone, the rope is not the saw of the wood, and the gradual extinction makes it so." Han Shu? Mei multiply biography

"And the gentleman's friendship is as light as water, the villain's friendship is as sweet as sweet; the gentleman is light to pro, the villain is sweet to absolute." Zhuangzi? Shanmu"

"Therefore, the gentleman's reception is like water, and the villain's reception is like sweet; the gentleman is light to become, and the villain is sweet to be bad." The Book of Rites? Table Records"

"Fullness invites loss, modesty benefits, when it is the way of heaven." Shangshu? Dayu Muo