五行相胜 (五行相勝) wǔ xíng xiāng shèng
wǔ xíng xiāng shèng
phrase
the five elements overcome one another
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: title of Chapter 59 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. 471)
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- 卷8 志第3 禮儀三 Volume 8 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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