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Table
Experiment
Explanation
Professor of Anthropology & Provost, Earl Warren
College, UCSD
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Table of Correspondences Associated with the Five Phases
Quick Links:
General Data Base
1.       Chinese Names & Terms Data Base (Interactive Data Base)
Insert a romanization with or without tones and get back the full romanization,
traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and explanation. Requires Unicode
for display of Chinese characters or tone marks, but can be used without Unicode
with characters suppressed and tones displayed as numbers.
Other Materials
History & Geography

  1. Periods of Chinese History (Table)
  2. Full Table of Chinese Imperial Reigns (Table)   A date like "period 21a" used
    on other pages of this web site refers to the numbering explained and used in
    these pages. The Chinese History page contains some brief remarks on cultural
    accomplishments; someday I hope to expand it or to find an on-line history of
    China to which I can link it.
  3. Maps of China & Taiwan (Maps)
  4. (These maps are accompanied by official spellings, current and obsolete, as
    well as the actual Chinese names. The maps themselves make use of
    abbreviations and can conveniently be used to review Chinese geography in
    addition to their reference function.)
  5. The Chinese Calendar (Background Essay)
Language

  1. Guide to the Pronunciation of Chinese (Background Essay)
  2. Mandarin Romanization Database (Interactive Data Base)  Type in a spelling
    and see what it is used to represent in various different romanization systems.
    The page can be used only while you are on-line. One use of this is to convert
    between the WG spellings you are likely to find in older published sources and
    the PY spellings used today. If you work off-line or prefer to scroll through the
    full list rather than looking up individual entires, you should instead use the
    Mandarin Romanization Table
  3. The Chinese Language(s) (Background Essay)
  4. Chinese Personal Names (Background Essay)
Literature

  1. Guide to Chinese Sacred Books (Canons) (Table of Brief Descriptions)
  2. Guide to Major Chinese Novels
  3. Text: Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars (Annotated Translation & Original Text)    
    (This text is the most important folk statement about filial piety. Dating from
    the Yuán dynasty (XIII-XIVth century), it is by no means part of the Confucian
    Canon, but belongs rather with the category of widely distributed popular
    morality texts.)
  4. Text: Maxims for Managing the Home (Annotated Translation & Original Text)    
    Like the "Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars," the "Maxims for Managing the Home" is
    a widely distributed morality text that vividly lays out the traditional value
    system of China in the form of advice to the head of a family.
Philosophy & Religion

  1. Chinese Philosophical Terms (Table of Brief Descriptions)
  2. Interactive Table of Five Elements (Explanatory Table) with discussion
  3. Introduction to the Heaven Stems & Earth Branches (Background Essay
    & Table)
The Five Elements:  
An Ancient Chinese "Thinking Machine"
Roman Catholic Latin Mass
TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIVE PHASES
WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER
Direction East South Center West North
Season Spring Summer Long Summer Autumn Winter
Climatic Condition Wind Summer Heat Dampness Dryness Cold
Process Birth Growth Transformation Harvest Storage
Color Green Red Yellow White Black
Taste Sour Bitter Sweet Pungent Salty
Smell Goatish Burning Fragrant Rank Rotten
Yin Organ Liver Heart Spleen Lungs Kidneys
Yang Organ Gall Bladder Small Intestine Stomach Large Intestine Bladder
Opening Eyes Tongue Mouth Nose Ears
Tissue Sinews Blood Vessels Flesh Skin/Hair Bones
Emotion Anger Happiness Pensiveness Sadness Fear
Human Sound Shout Laughter Song Weeping Groan