The world-conception of the Chinese : their astronomical, consmological and physico-philosophical speculations

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Introduction Table of Contents The Universe Ancient Times Beginnings of Chinese Astronomy The Six Astronomical Systems Similar Theories of Other Nations Creation Destruction of the World Infinity of Time and Space Heaven and Earth Modern Times System of the Universe Creation Destruction of the World and World Periods Infinity Heaven and Earth Analogies between Heaven, Earth and Man The Heavenly Bodies, the Sun, the Moon and the Stars Heaven Physical Viewpoint Subdivisions of Physical Heaven Qualities of Physical Heaven Religious-Philosophical Viewpoint Nature of Heaven The Invocation of Heaven The Personification of Heaven Yin and Yang Ancient Times The Oldest Sources The Original Meaning of Yin and Yang Yin and Yang as Fluids and Primary Elements Yin and Yang the Substances of Heaven and Earth, the Sun and the Moon The Alternation of the Yin and Yang During the Seasons and According to the Points of the Compass Yin and Yang Cause the Weather Yin and Yang the Primary Substances of the Five Elements Yin and Yang as Correlates Yin and Yang in Animals and Man Yin and Yang in Cult Yin and Yang in Divination Yin and Yang in Medicine Yin and Yang in Warfare Modern Times Evolution of Yin and Yang from the Primordial Principle Qualities of the Two Primary Fluids Relations between and Combinations of Yin and Yang Localisation of Yin and Yang According to Quarters and Seasons Yin and Yang the Constituent Parts of Weather Futher Differentiation of Yin and Yang Yin and Yang as Correlates Plants, Animals and Men Produced by Yin and Yang Yin and Yang in Zoology and Botany Analogies to Yin and Yang in other Countries The Five Elements Various Terms for the Elements What are the Five Elements? Fluids, Substances, and Seasons Transformations of the Elements Local and Numerical Relations of the Elements The Different Modes of Enumerating the Five Elements The Regular Changes of the Elements During the Seasons The Element Earth and its Season The Five Elements Under their Religious and Metaphysical Aspect Wrong Analogies