Research On The Five Elements System Of "Eight Qi,Five Flavor,Five Sacrifices And Five Elements" On Tsinghua Bamboo Chips

The brief text "Eight Qi,Five Flavor,Five Sacrifices and Five Elements of the Five Elements" on Tsinghua bamboo slips is of great significance to the study of the pre-Qin Five Elements thought.There are very obvious five elements of information in the brief text,which is the biggest feature of this brief text.In addition,the content recorded in the brief text has a clear structure and distinct layers,and the arrangement and combination of things with the same content is quite holistic.The brief text takes the five elements as the core.Except for the "eight qi" in the first part,there is no obvious information about the five elements,and it needs to be inferred.The other "five flavors","five sacrifices" and "five elements" are guided by the five elements.Based on the Five Elements Thought,this paper reveals the development of the Five Elements Thought in Chu in the middle of the Warring States Period through several aspects reflected in the content of the brief text.The basic structure of the full text,the first chapter mainly discusses the five elements system of "Qi theory".The two parts of "eight qi" and "five flavors" in the brief text are collectively classified into the category of "qi theory".By tracing the origin and development of "Qi theory" and its combination with the five elements.On this basis,it analyzes the elaboration and application of the concept of "Qi" in Jianwen,and the five elements of "Qi theory" that permeates from it.The second chapter discusses the "five sacrificial" five elements system.By comparing the "Five Sacrifices" in the pre-Qin handed down documents and unearthed documents,it is judged that the "Five Sacrifices" in Jianwen belong to a new type of "Five Sacrifices in Households".Including five elements of orientation,"five elements of gods" and "five sacrificial sacrifices in the house",respectively discuss the five elements of thought.The third chapter mainly discusses the thoughts of the five elements in the "five elements" part.The "five elements" in the brief text represent the five action matters,and the action is guided by the five elements of justice expounded in "Shangshu·Hongfan".Based on the content of the first three chapters,the fourth chapter mainly analyzes the five elements system constructed by the brief text and the characteristics of the five elements.In the five-element system,Jianwen’s five-element system has begun to take shape,but it is not yet perfect.Its structure is very similar to the "Yue Ling Fangdi System" of the four seasons and five elements in "Lüshi Spring and Autumn Annals",or it is a part of it.In terms of the characteristics of the five elements,the sequence of the five elements in the brief essays fails to reflect the relationship between the five elements and the victory,which proves that Chu’s understanding of the regularity of the five elements is still insufficient.The concept of the Five Elements embodied in the brief text is "shanghuo",not the Five Elements view of "shangtu" in the Warring States period,indicating that "fire" has a special position in the Chu people’s cosmology,and it can also be recognized that regional cultural characteristics have an impact on the Five Elements thought.had an impact.The content of the brief text has strong applicability,which shows that the Five Elements thought of Chu also has the characteristics of practicality.The Eight Qi Pian on Tsinghua bamboo slips is a monthly document,which is suitable for the daily production and life of the people.Jianwen’s five-element system based on three systems shows that it is in the initial stage of development from "the time of the peasant" to "the system of kings and officials",and gradually develops in the direction of "the system of the emperor and the emperor of the moon".In this process,the combination mode of different things in the process of five-element compounding is also shown,which is of great significance to the theoretical study of five-element compounding.In addition,Jianwen also has a certain reference value for the social life,solar terms,calendar,religious belief,traditional Chinese medicine and other fields of the Chu people in the middle of the Warring States Period.