What is 五行 (wǔ xíng) in Chinese metaphysics?

The Five Elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water — whose generating and controlling cycles describe the web of relationships between things.

Original (Chinese): 木、火、土、金、水五种基本属性,以相生相克描述事物间的关系网络。

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