Lesson 2 of 5
The Five Elements
Five forces that feed and restrain each other.
The idea
Wood, fire, earth, metal and water are stages of change, not substances. Wood feeds fire, fire makes earth, earth bears metal, metal gathers water, water feeds wood.
Each also restrains another. Readers look for balance: too much or too little of one shapes a chart.
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