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The numbers 1 to 5 are associated with the ‘Chinese 5-elements’ (五行): 水 (huo3) fire <~> the number 2. 火 (shui3) water <~> 1. 土 (tu3) earth/soil <~> 5. 木 (mu4) tree/wooden <~> 3. 金 (jin1) gold/metal <~> 4. Four of the ‘5-elements’ (五行) were shown at the four sides of the square. And the fifth element ( 土 earth, soil) is in the middle. Higher numbers take the position of the number minus multiples of 5: 1 and 6 are water; 2 and 7 are fire, etc ~~~ A modern one in a circle: ~~~ 五行: 五 wu3 - the number ‘5’; 行 xing2 - something like ‘movements’.

The ITjing number diagram (He Tu diagram) odd numbers are yang 陽 in white even numbers are yin 陰 in black It starts with 1 to 5 (consecutive numbers are opposite to each other); number 5 is in the middle. Then it repeats: 6=5+1; 7=5+2; 8=5+3; 9=5+4; 10= 5+5 (in the middle again) In the ITjing, South is on top of the diagram, North is at the bottom. East is at the left and West is at the right. ~~~ The number system used on a Daoist temple:

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Hi, welcome to the forum.

Nice intro. Welcome to the forum.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

If you say so. 3. and 4. are superfluous (already included in 2.)

@Mark Foote why the ?

Body-body ... approach? The brain is part of the body.

wu2 ji2 starts at https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/53664-origins-of-daoism/?do=findComment&comment=1000533 The Way of Virtue 道德 (DDJ) - The Way of Virtue “The title "Daodejing", with its status as a classic, was only first applied from the reign of Emperor Jing of Han (157–141 BC) onward.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching 經 jing1 < classic, foundational text … > I agree. Imo Dao = morality. DDJ, it literally means The Way of Virtue.

I think so, yes.

Nothing is as good as your own imagination.

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Sorry about this and the next post being empty. I had forgotten about some bums not liking me making posts in sequence.

Definitely.

I never said it was, the inference is all yours. I value common sense above all.

You can make it as easy or as complicated as you like.

I love “knights in shining armor”.

@Ajay0 which country do you live?

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The vulnerable are often gullible. To exploit this is not ‘spiritual’.

Common sense. edit: I value common sense above all.

“the sage kicked his face”. Then there is no “sage”, only an abuser.

Yes “a tiny baby” sums it up nicely (see article).