Discussion On The Theory Of Yin-yang And Five Elements In "Lv’s Spring And Autumn"

“Lv’s Spring and Autumn” carries a profound thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elementsand this thought’s origin, developing process, mode of structure and the status and influencein the history of thoughts still need further explanation and discussion. Most works aboutYin-Yang written during the Dynasty Qin and Han have vanished and “Lv’s Spring andAutumn”, which collects the thoughts of all the schools in pre-Qin days, completely reservethe thought of Yin-Yang. Considering above, this thesis will specially dissertate the thought ofYin-Yang and Five elements in the “Lv’s Spring and Autumn”.This thesis firstly introduces the status of “Lv’s Spring and Autumn” in other book-directory. The records of “Lv’s Spring and Autumn” in annals directories and personaldirectories are basically same as that in “Record of Literature and Arts in Hanshu”. This thesisalso traces the origins of the various editions of “Lv’s Spring and Autumn” and makes adetailed introduction of some important editions then finally to get a conclusion: the editionnoted by Gao You is basically coherent although being complex.“Lv’s Spring and Autumn” absorbs the theories of many Yin-Yang schools, such as WuDe Zhong Shi School, Shu Shu School, Yue Ling School, Su Wen School and Bing Yin YangSchool. It further develops those thoughts and creates a huge all-inclusive world whichintegrates sky, earth and human by using thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.The thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements covers all aspects of “Lv’s Spring andAutumn”. From rulers to civilians, everyone treats this thought as the guide of their act. Thethought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements is the main idea of “Lv’s Spring and Autumn”. Thisthought, which refers to many areas such as politics, military affairs, agriculture, sacred action,astronomical phenomena, health and daily life, forms the main fame of “Lv’s Spring andAutumn” and make a very profound influence to the afterworld.