The four elephants are the green dragon wood, the white tiger gold, the vermilion bird fire, and the basalt water. Sun fire, less yang wood, too **, less yin gold, and soil is neither yin nor yang, it is the balance between yin and yang, or the product of the transition period from yang to yin.

This is after the Fuxi innate gossip and the Wen queen Houtian gossip theory, on the basis of the I Ching gossip theory, the later generations of masters put forward the 'change' Yi theory.

In the era of modern Chinese seclusion, modern Western astrology has not yet been introduced to China, and the study of traditional Chinese numerology originally included the content of 'astrology'.

Although traditional Chinese numerology is generally combined with eight-character numerology in the application of astrology, or conversely, eight-character numerology also contains a lot of astrological concepts, but pure astrological numerology is rare in traditional Chinese numerology.

Traditional Chinese numerology, so called 'astrological conjunction' or 'astrological science', this is the wisdom of the ancient Chinese, pay attention to the integrated application, in order to correct the shortcomings of a certain school of theory in numerology.

Western and Indian astrology, the basic structure used to interpret astrology is actually borrowed from the Chinese theory of the 'four signs' and interpreted by the twelve zodiac signs. The basic framework of traditional Chinese numerology research is 'the five elements of mutual regeneration and mutual restraint', which is based on the four symbols, but developed in combination with reality. It can be seen that Chinese numerology is broad and profound, far surpassing Western astrology, and its subtlety is not the same.

Therefore, it is easy to have Taiji to give birth to two instruments, two instruments to give birth to four images, and four elephants to give birth to gossip, and 'two instruments' are 'yin' and 'yang'. This is the traditional I Ching Bagua theory, the ancients on the basis of the four elephants of fire, wood, metal, and water, and added the intermediate state of 'earth' in the four elephants, and the theory of the five elements appeared. The 'four images give birth to the five elements' on the 'change' comes from this.

According to the theory of yin and yang, yin and yang are mutually rooted. The so-called 'cathode is yang, and the anode is yin' is also. Taking the four elephants as an example, Yang Qi is divided into 'wood and fire', and Yin Qi is divided into 'Gold and Water'. The four-elephant cycle of 'wood, fire, metal, and water' is a process in which yang and yin are constantly rooted and mutually regenerated.

'Water' is the pole of yin, 'yin is yang', so 'water' changes to 'wood', i.e., water produces wood, yang energy continues to rise, changes to 'fire', that is, wood gives birth to fire, 'fire' is the pole of yang energy, 'yang is yin', so 'fire' becomes 'gold', that is, fire gives birth to gold, and yin energy continues to rise and changes to 'water', that is, gold gives birth to water.

The order and law of the yin and yang changes of the four images (wood, fire, metal, and water) were thus established, and the general law of change of things was established. The change of the four images, over and over again, is the general law of the development and change of things.

However, if things are general, they must be special. Just like the movement of the earth, it can be said that it is generally eternal, but the future of things on the earth, especially the respective fates of people and various animals and plants, is uncertain, and there is no law to speak of. For example, the average life expectancy of a person is assumed to be 80 years old, but not everyone will live to be 80 years old.

Therefore, how to balance the elements of the four elephants, 'soil' has become an important part of the whole process, which is the so-called 'middle palace of the earth lord'.

'Earth' is Tai Chi, which is Tai Chi that can distinguish yin and yang. As a result, in the theory of the four elephants, the theory of 'four elephants give birth to five elements' was born.

In the five elements, 'earth' is Taiji, Taiji is divided into two instruments, that is, yin and yang (can also be said to be yin earth, yang earth), and yin and yang are divided into four images, that is, 'wood, fire, metal, and water'.

When the 'soil' is not divided into two, it is 'Tai Chi'.

When the 'earth' is divided into two, it becomes 'yin and yang', or 'yin soil' and 'yang soil', which means that even if the 'earth' is divided into 'yin and yang', it still continues to run through it.

'Earth' can be divided into 'wood, fire, metal, and water', which is the essence and essence of the Five Elements Doctrine.

Zhang Yuanshan's theory made the other three people listen to the clouds, and they don't know why.

Li Bing interrupted Zhang Yuanshan's words and said, "Brother Zhang, a few of us, we haven't studied Taoism, how can we know so much?" You can simply say, how can you enter the tomb of the five elements! ”

Zhang Yuanshan said happily: "Okay, then I'll talk about the key to cracking this ancient tomb mechanism!" Think about it, since the White Tiger Soul itself burrowed into the boulder to the west after the White Tiger Seven Demons were gathered, what does this imply to us? It is to let the Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu Qi that entered Li Bing's body also correspond to these four boulders according to their respective positions. ”

"These four boulders represent the four elephants, that is, the mechanism that opens the tomb of the five elements. As long as the four elephants return to their places, they will become soil. In this powerful ancient tomb, what does the soil represent? That must be the fine sand that fills it. Therefore, I think that as long as the four elephants are in place, this fine sand will inevitably be lost from the ancient tomb, and we will be able to enter the ancient tomb. ”

Li Bing and the other three tasted it carefully, and they were all overjoyed.

Li Bing asked, "Brother Zhang, since the soul of the White Tiger has returned to its place, what about the other three in my body?" It's not going to be a must, is it? ”

Zhang Yuanshan grinned and said: "Of course it's impossible, if you die, who will complete the process of cracking the Qianling Tomb below?" There are a few of us, but we are all your helpers, and you are the only one who is destined. ”

Several people were worried, Shi Liya flashed her eyes and said, "Li Bing, have you ever visited the Sheji Altar in Zhongshan Park in Beijing?" ”

Li Bing smiled awkwardly: "Sister Shi, before I met you, I had been studying hard, and I really didn't have time to have fun." ”

Shi Liya whispered: "In ancient Chinese architecture, you must look at feng shui before building. I visited the Shejitan in Zhongshan Park in Beijing, which was built during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The top layer of the altar is paved with five-colored soil: the east is blue soil, the west is white soil, the south is red soil, the north is black soil, and the middle is yellow soil. I heard the tour guide say that the soil on all sides represents the green dragon, the white tiger, the Xuanwu and the vermilion bird, and the loess in the middle represents the descendants of Yan and Huang. ”

Li Bing realized something, and said with admiration: "Sister Shi, your historical knowledge and previous life experience really make me feel admired. I understand what you mean, that is to say, as long as we find the other three colors corresponding to the green dragon, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu, then the other three divine beasts can come out of my body and enter these other three boulders, and the four elephants will be able to return to their places! ”

Shi Liya nodded and said, "Li Bing, that's what I meant, but I don't know if it's okay or not, so I said it for your reference." ”

Li Bing said with a smile: "Practice is the only criterion for testing true knowledge, how can you manage so much!" Our only hope now is to find the three colors as soon as possible, try it, and maybe we'll make it! ”