"Mountain and Water"Refer to All Things:From the Perspective of Zhou Yi
The term"mountain and water"is often used to refer to all natural scenes,which has a subtle relationship with the symbolic view of creating xiang(象)to express meaning(意)completely and the"Three Powers"(三才)ideology of"induction of heaven and mankind"(天人感应)in Zhou Yi.Since heaven and earth are far away and cannot be viewed at once,the ancients,influenced by the Yin-Yang and five elements(阴阳五行)ideology in the specific practice of"induction of heaven and mankind",took"mountain and water"as a symbol of"heaven and earth",which became a symbolic medium to mean in general all things.
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