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Heavenly stems and earthly branches - TianGan DiZh : the heart of Chinese wisdom traditions / Master Zhongxian Wu and Dr Karin Taylor Wu ; foreword by Fei BingXun.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Singing Dragon, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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  • 9780857011589
  • 0857011588
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heavenly stems and earthly branches - TianGan DiZh : the heart of Chinese wisdom traditions.DDC classification:
  • 529/.32951 23
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  • CE37 .W86 2014eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword by Fei BingXun. Preface. Author Notes. 1. TongTianShenShu. 1.1. The Way of Heaven and Earth. 1.2. The Origin of GanZhi. 1.3. The Magic Tree. 1.4. Celestial Connection of Ganzhi. 1.5. GanZhi YinYang. 1.6. GanZhi WuXing. 1.7. QiYun -- The Rhythm of Qi. 2. TianGan XiangShu. 2.1. Jia. 2.2. Yi. 2.3. Bing. 2.4. Ding. 2.5. Wu. 2.6. Ji. 2.7. Geng. 2.8. Xin. 2.9. Ren. 2.10. Gui. 3. DiZhi XiangShu. 3.1. Zi. 3.2. Chou. 3.3. Yin. 3.4. Mao. 3.5. Chen. 3.6. Si. 3.7. Wu. 3.8. Wei. 3.9. Shen. 3.10. You. 3.11. Xu. 3.12. Hai. 4. GanZhi HeHua. 4.1. WuXingXiangSheng -- Birth Principle. 4.2. WuXingXiangKe -- Control Principle. 4.3. WuShiWuXingHuaTu -- Wu Family Five Elements Transformation Diagram. 4.4. TianGanHeHua -- Heavenly Stems Transformation Principle. 4.5. WuYun -- Five Cosmological Energies. 4.6 DiZhiLiuHe -- Earthly Branches Six Unions Principle. 4.7. DiZhiSanHui -- Earthly Branches Tri-gathering Principle. 4.8. DiZhiSanHe -- Earthly Branches Tri-combination Principle (Triangle Relationship). 4.9. DiZhiLiuChong -- Earthly Branches Six-Repellings Principle. 4.10. LiuQi -- Six Cosmological Qi. 4.11. DiZhiLiuHai -- Earthly Branches Six-Harmings Principle. 4.12. LiuShiHuaJia -- Sixty Stem Branch Combinations. 5. GanZhi JingShen. 5.1. JiaMu. 5.2. YiMu. 5.3. BingHuo. 5.4. DingHuo. 5.5. WuTu. 5.6. JiTu. 5.7. GengJin. 5.8. XinJin. 5.9. RenShui. 5.10. GuiShui. Afterword. Appendices. Dynasties of China. Symbolic Meanings of the Heavenly Stems Reference Table. Symbolic Meaning of the Earthly Branches Reference Table. TianGan DiZhi Internal Alchemy Practice Reference Table.
Summary: A detailed explanation of the building blocks of Chinese metaphysics, the 22 Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches upon which Chinese medicine, astrology and FengShui are based. Poetic descriptions dating from the Song dynasty give the reader a deep understanding of the meaning of each and of their interrelationships.
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Foreword by Fei BingXun. Preface. Author Notes. 1. TongTianShenShu. 1.1. The Way of Heaven and Earth. 1.2. The Origin of GanZhi. 1.3. The Magic Tree. 1.4. Celestial Connection of Ganzhi. 1.5. GanZhi YinYang. 1.6. GanZhi WuXing. 1.7. QiYun -- The Rhythm of Qi. 2. TianGan XiangShu. 2.1. Jia. 2.2. Yi. 2.3. Bing. 2.4. Ding. 2.5. Wu. 2.6. Ji. 2.7. Geng. 2.8. Xin. 2.9. Ren. 2.10. Gui. 3. DiZhi XiangShu. 3.1. Zi. 3.2. Chou. 3.3. Yin. 3.4. Mao. 3.5. Chen. 3.6. Si. 3.7. Wu. 3.8. Wei. 3.9. Shen. 3.10. You. 3.11. Xu. 3.12. Hai. 4. GanZhi HeHua. 4.1. WuXingXiangSheng -- Birth Principle. 4.2. WuXingXiangKe -- Control Principle. 4.3. WuShiWuXingHuaTu -- Wu Family Five Elements Transformation Diagram. 4.4. TianGanHeHua -- Heavenly Stems Transformation Principle. 4.5. WuYun -- Five Cosmological Energies. 4.6 DiZhiLiuHe -- Earthly Branches Six Unions Principle. 4.7. DiZhiSanHui -- Earthly Branches Tri-gathering Principle. 4.8. DiZhiSanHe -- Earthly Branches Tri-combination Principle (Triangle Relationship). 4.9. DiZhiLiuChong -- Earthly Branches Six-Repellings Principle. 4.10. LiuQi -- Six Cosmological Qi. 4.11. DiZhiLiuHai -- Earthly Branches Six-Harmings Principle. 4.12. LiuShiHuaJia -- Sixty Stem Branch Combinations. 5. GanZhi JingShen. 5.1. JiaMu. 5.2. YiMu. 5.3. BingHuo. 5.4. DingHuo. 5.5. WuTu. 5.6. JiTu. 5.7. GengJin. 5.8. XinJin. 5.9. RenShui. 5.10. GuiShui. Afterword. Appendices. Dynasties of China. Symbolic Meanings of the Heavenly Stems Reference Table. Symbolic Meaning of the Earthly Branches Reference Table. TianGan DiZhi Internal Alchemy Practice Reference Table.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A detailed explanation of the building blocks of Chinese metaphysics, the 22 Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches upon which Chinese medicine, astrology and FengShui are based. Poetic descriptions dating from the Song dynasty give the reader a deep understanding of the meaning of each and of their interrelationships.