The Five Elements

Question 1

what are the five elements

Answer 1

fire, earth, metal, water, wood

Question 2

what are the basic qualities of wood

Answer 2

can be bent and straightened

Question 3

what are the basic qualities of fire

Answer 3

flares upward

Question 4

what are the basic qualities of earth

Answer 4

permits sowing, growing and reaping

Question 5

what are the basic qualities of metal

Answer 5

can be moulded and can harden

Question 6

what are the basic qualities of water

Answer 6

moistens downwards

Question 7

what are the processes of water

Answer 7

liquidity

Question 8

what are the processes of fire

Answer 8

heat, combustion

Question 9

what are the processes of wood

Answer 9

solidity, workability

Question 10

what are the processes of metal

Answer 10

solidity, congelation, moulability

Question 11

what are the processes of earth

Answer 11

nutrition

Question 12

what are the movements of the five elements

Answer 12

water=downwards, fire=upwards, wood=expansion, earth=center point of reference and stability, metal=contraction

Question 13

what are the five elements in seasonal cycles

Answer 13

wood=spring
fire=summer
earth=center, point of reference, no/late seasons
metal=autumn
water=winter