Word origin · etymology
English translation of Chinese mù, 木.
Wood names tree or timber; phase places that material image within the wǔxíng classification. It is a translated category-name.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Religious Daoism, five-agent names ↗
How we know · epistemology
Growth symbolism and calendar convention
Growth imagery supplies a symbolic analogy; Jia/Yi assignments follow calendar rules. Neither directly measures a person’s adaptability or capacity to develop.
Joey Yap: Five Phases and the ten Day Masters (practitioner account) ↗Hong Kong Observatory: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches ↗
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