您当前的位置: Five Elements are also pertinent to nature. 五行也与自然息息相关。
the emperors’ hope of national stability 皇帝的希望——国泰民安
Yellow correspond with earth. 黄色对应土。
Five Elements are metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
五行是金，木，水，火和土。
The imperial colours in the Forbidden City are yellow,red, green, white and black.
紫禁城的皇家色彩有黄色，红色，绿色，白色和黑色。
Metal corresponds with white, wood corresponds withgreen，and water isrelated to black, fire is associated with red, and earth is linked to yellow.
金配白色，木配绿色，水配黑色，火配红色，土配黄色。
The three-terraced marble of the three halls are white.
三大殿的三层大理石台基是白色的。
The Crown Prince's residences havegreen tiles because green was associated with wood, and thus growth.
皇太子的住宅有绿瓦因为绿色对应木，表示成长。
Black is associated with water, sothe library at the Pavilion of Literary Profundity had black tiles.
黑色对应水，因此文渊阁里的皇家图书馆有黑瓦。
Red, corresponding with fire, symbolises good fortuneand joy.
红色，对应火，象征好运和快乐。
Yellow generates Yin and Yang,which implies that yellow is the centerof everything.
黄色产生阴阳，这暗示黄色是万物之中心。
As the three halls of the Outer Court symbolised thesupreme imperial sovereignty, they erected above a 土-shaped terrace.
由于外朝三大殿象征至高无上的皇权，所以它们被建在一个土字形台基上。
Wood is east, fire is south, metal is west, water isnorth and earth is centre.
木在东方，火在南方，金在西方，水在北方而土居中央。
4.6 Yin and yang
The Limitless (Wuji) producesthe delimited,
and this is the supreme ultimate (Taiji)
The Taiji produces two forms, (namedyin and yang)
The two forms produce fourphenomena,(named lesser yin, great yin, lesser yang, great yang.)
The four phenomena act on theEight Trigrams (bagua).
无极生有极
有极生太极
太极生两仪（即阴和阳）
两仪生四象， (即少阴，太阴，少阳，太阳。）
四象生八卦。
Yin and yang can transform into each other. 阴阳可以相互转变。
The south is yang while the north is yin. 南为阳北为阴。
Actually both Eight trigrams and Five Elements derivefrom yin and yang.
事实上无论是八卦还是五行都源于阴阳。
The odd number is yang while the even number is yin.
奇数为阳而偶数为阴。
The Outer Court in the south is yang while the InnerCourt in the north is yin.
外朝为阳内廷为阴。
Lesser yin means there is yang in the yin domain.
少阴是阴域里有阳。
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility can be viewed as greatyin.
坤宁宫可以看成太阴。
The transition between great yin and lesser yin is theHall of Union while that between great yang and lesser yang is the Hall ofMiddle Harmony.
太阴和少阴之间的过度是交泰殿而太阳和少阳之间的过度是中和殿。
All these interpretations lead to the icon of Taiji.
这些解释符合太极图形的表述。
Great yang the Hall of Supreme Harmony is at the top ofthe white area and the black eye in the white area is lesser yin, the Hall ofPreserving Harmony.
太阳太和殿在白色区域的顶部而白色区域的黑色鱼眼是少阴，即保和殿。
The white eye in the black area is lesser yang, thePalace of Heavenly Purity and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility is great yin atthe end of the black area.
那么黑色区域的白色鱼眼是少阳即乾清宫那么坤宁宫就是太阴，居于黑色区域的底部。