Word origin · etymology
English translation of Chinese jīn, 金.
Jīn can mean metal or gold; metal is the broader English rendering used for this wǔxíng category.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Religious Daoism, five-agent names ↗
How we know · epistemology
Analytical symbolism and polarity convention
Geng/Xin classify polarity; their analytical symbolism is interpretive. A Metal count is not a measure of intelligence or metal in the body.
Joey Yap: Five Phases and the ten Day Masters (practitioner account) ↗Hong Kong Observatory: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches ↗
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