五行相生 wǔ xíng xiāng shēng
wǔ xíng xiāng shēng
phrase
the five elements give rise to one another
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: title of Chapter 58 in Scroll 13 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 467)
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- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷十三 四時之副第五十五 人副天數第五十六 同類相動第五十七 五行相生第五十八 五行相勝第五十九 五行順逆第六十 治水五行第六十一 Scroll 13 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 1
- 卷二十三 志第十三 天文一 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Astronomy 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 卷一百四十五 志第九十八 儀衞三 Volume 145 Treatises 98: Ceremonial Guards 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷七十一 志第二十四 律曆四 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Measures and Calendar 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 凡五行相生 (凡五行相生) 凡五行相生 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十三 志第十三 天文一 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Astronomy 1 — count: 2