Many concepts once thought to be analogous, such as the Chinese Wu Xing, are now understood more figuratively.

The Wu Xing are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device for systems with five stages ; hence the preferred translation of " movements ", " phases " or " steps " over " elements.

Water is one of the elements in ancient Greek philosophy, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing.

Within Chinese medicine texts the Wu Xing are also referred to as Wu Yun ( 五運 wŭ yùn ) or a combination of the two characters ( Wu Xing-Yun ) these emphasise the correspondence of five elements to five ' seasons ' ( four seasons plus one ).

The Wu Xing were mainly used as memory tools, hence the preferred translation of " movements ", " phases " or " steps " over " elements ".

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* Wu Xing, sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoism

In Wu Xing " Five Phases " theory, the five directions ( center and four cardinal directions ) were sinocentrically correlated: China ( called Zhongguo " middle kingdom ") was in the center, bordered by the siyi " four barbarian tribes ", beyond which were the sihai " four seas.

When Emperor Wu of Liu Song subdued Guanzhong he obtained the south-pointing carriage of Yao Xing, but it was only the shell with no machinery inside.

It considers the five celestial animals ( phoenix, green dragon, white tiger, black turtle, and the yellow snake ), the yin-yang concept and the traditional five elements ( Wu Xing: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water ).

Wu Xing (), the five phases, or five elements, is an ancient Chinese mnemonic and symbolic figure widely known in East Asia and used traditionally in applications such as medicine, acupuncture, feng shui, and Taoism.

As the advancing Shu army captured regions including Zigui, Wu County, Mount Ba and Mount Xing, Wu forces that set out from their fortifications to engage the enemy were nearly all annihilated.

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* Earth ( Wu Xing ), one of the Wu Xing ( five elements in traditional Chinese philosophy )

Chen Yuanyuan (; 1624 – 1681 ), born Xing Yuan ( 邢沅 ), lived near the end of the Ming Dynasty, and was a concubine of Wu Sangui.

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The Eight Gates are said to be associated with the eight trigrams ( Bagua 八卦 bā guà ) of the I Ching, the Five Steps with the five elements of the Taoist Wu Hsing ( 五行 wǔ xíng ); metal, water, wood, fire, and earth.

My wife Wu Shu-jen is also withdrawing from the party.

Cultural reasons were also a factor in countries like China and Japan, where silents co-existed successfully with sound well into the 1930s, indeed producing what would be some of the most revered classics in those countries, like Wu Yonggang's The Goddess ( China, 1934 ) and Yasujirō Ozu's I Was Born, But ... ( Japan, 1932 ).

During the Ming Dynasty there were also different and rivaling schools of art associated with painting, such as the Wu School and the Zhe School.

Lee was trained in Wu Tai Chi Chuan ( also known as Ng-ga ) and Jing Mo Tam Tui for the twelve sets.

To further distinguish these states from other historical Chinese states of the same name, historians add a relevant character: Wei is also known as Cao Wei ( 曹魏 ), Shu is also known as Shu Han ( 蜀漢 ), and Wu is also known as Eastern Wu ( 東吳 ).

By 110 BCE Emperor Wu also interfered with the profitable trade in grain when he eliminated speculation by selling government-stored grain at a lower price than demanded by merchants.

During the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian ( 684-704 ) decreed that the swastika would also be used as an alternative symbol of the Sun.

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Tze or Sun Wu in other translations, was a historical figure whose authenticity is questioned by historians.

They could also arise from more lowly occupations, as with Tao ( 陶 ), meaning " potter " or Wu ( 巫 ), meaning " shaman ".

The Han court also deployed mercenaries from the Xianbei and Wuhuan for campaigns against the Wu Hu and to quell peasant insurgents.

" This is further evidenced by the fact that Chinese emperors since Ying Zheng also typically took on the title 帝 rather than 皇帝, e. g. Han Wu Di 漢武帝 " Emperor Wu of Han ", and it was not until much later that the term Huang Di 皇帝 came to be used interchangeably with the shorter Di 帝.

Women with personal names may also have been referred to with the title 氏. Mrs. Li-Wu ( i. e. Li née Wu ) could be addressed Li Wu Shi ( 李武氏 ) without mentioning her personal name.

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu ( also referred to as " Sun Wu " and " Sunzi "), a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and it was believed to have been compiled during the late Spring and Autumn period or early Warring States period.

The most well-known figures from this school are Ren Xiong ( 任熊 ), Ren Yi ( 任伯年, also known as Ren Bonian ), Zhao Zhiqian ( 赵之谦 ), Wu Changshuo ( 吴昌硕 ), Sha Menghai ( 沙孟海, calligraphist ), Pan Tianshou ( 潘天寿 ), Fu Baoshi ( 傅抱石 ).

It is through the Wu Chinese pronunciation of 麻雀兒 that the diminutive form of 麻雀 in Northern Wu became known as 麻將 in both Mandarin and Wu.

* 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China.

* July 2 – Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had the remains of his mother and recently deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in at the same tomb complex as his father and Wu Zetian's husband Emperor Gaozong ( d. 683 ) outside Chang ' an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang.

Sun Wu (), style name Changqing ( 長卿 ), better known as Sun Tzu or Sunzi (; pronounced ), was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who is traditionally believed to be the author of The Art of War, an influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.

The Western Jìn Dynasty ( ch: 西晉, 265 – 316 ) was founded by Emperor Wu, better known as Sima Yan.

Although it provided a brief period of unity after conquering Eastern Wu in 280, the Jìn suffered a devastating civil war, War of the Eight Princes, after which they could not contain the revolt of nomadic tribes known as the Wu Hu.

The Records of the Three Kingdoms detail that Sun Jian was a descendant of renowned Warring States Period militarist Sun Wu ( better known as Sun Tzu ).

Early in Sun Quan's reign, the Wu administration was known for its efficiency, as Sun showed a knack for listening to correct advice and for delegating authorities to the proper individuals.

However, its founder Emperor Wu was considered one of the greatest generals during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and the reign of its third emperor, Emperor Wen, is known for its political stability and capable administration, not only of its emperor but its strong and honest officials.

Before the Eastern Jin the city was known as Jianye ( 建業 Jiànyè ), and the capital of the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

* Zhou Dynasty ( 690 – 705 ), also known as the Second Zhou Dynasty, founded by Wu Zetian, interrupted the Tang Dynasty