五行色之形成与五德终始的延义.DOC

Formations of Chinese Five Elements and Colors Based on Extensive Denotations of Theory of Five Virtues Loop Lan-Fen Hsieh Department of Visual Communication Design, Tainan University of Technology Abstract The origin of Chinese Five Elements is integrated with Yin, Yang and the thoughts of Five Elements to expound the philosophy of the theory of Five Virtues Loop. In the theory, the rule of “against and pro” among the elements of “wood, fire, earth, gold and water” is explained and extended to the doctrine of “transition of Five Virtues” that is applied to illustrate the change of Chinese Dy