Talk:Four Symbols

message: This was copied from http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ssu-ling.shtml—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.1.212.201 (talk • contribs) .
:Why? Who owns the copyright? - Nat Krause(Talk!) 23:20, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied

message: This list is so long, it should be on an article on his own imo. Ninja neko 12:08, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Media References 

message: Apologies to whoever made the article, but there are a lot of inaccuracies in it.  I can't correct it all in one sitting, so I'll be spending time in the days to come in correcting the information.  Most glaring mistake is to equate the vermilion bird of the south with the phoenix.  Contrary to what a lot of people think, the two are definitely not the same.  --- Hong Qi Gong 04:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lots of inaccuracies 

message: Since there is the point that each of the four Ssu Ling are associated with the 5 elements, it would be worth mentioning Huáng-lóng (黃龍, Ouryuu[?] in Japan), the Yellow Dragon, or sometimes the Kirin or Qí-lín (麒麟), associated with earth, the center direction, and balance in general.  (see Five_elements_(Chinese_philosophy))
-- 70.131.153.199 07:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  5 Elements 

message: I've been told that the fifth element corresponds with the transition of the seasons, the transitional season (occurs four times a year). Makes more sense from the perspective of central to wind directions. 
Pitchshifter (talk) 07:38, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  5 Seasons 

message: This article misses out the Golden Dragon of the Centre, Huang long. Not only that, but some literature contradicts this. Those that talk about the Yellow Dragon, almost invariably put the Tortoise to the north and the Dragon to the east. Wolf ODonnell 18:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting literature 

message: I feel like this article should be merged with the indiviual articles for the Four Symbols.  They are all rather short, and don't really need their own articles, just redirects.  I added a template suggesting the merge.  
Helikophis (talk) 18:51, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually agree with this.  Saves people like me four tabs. -69.218.234.182 (talk) 07:30, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Oppose This sounds like a good idea, but the four articles are quite long and contain lots of other information that wouldn't really fit into this article without a substantial re-write.  You could just include short paragraphs instead, then link off to the separate articles with a {main} or {seealso} link.  David Bailey (talk) 16:13, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: Shouldn't there be something in this article about the five Digimon that correspond to the Five Symbols?
Quinglongmon is the "Azure Dragon of the East", matching the name, "Quing Long".
Zhuqiaomon is the "Vermilion Bird of the South", closely matching the name, "Zhū Què".
Baihumon is the "White Tiger of the West", matching the name, "Bái Hǔ".
Xuanwumon is the "Black Tortoise of the North", matching the name, "Xuán Wǔ".
And, lastly, Huanglongmon is the "Yellow Dragon of the Center", matching the name, "Huang Long".
24.124.88.11 (talk) 21:38, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Five Symbols in Digimon 

message: Is not there some conflation or association with the Buddhist concept of the Four Heavenly Kings? -69.218.234.182 (talk) 07:27, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Four Heavenly Kings 

message: Symbol does not seem like a great translation of 象. I do not see English "symbol" in any of the references either. --JWB (talk) 22:45, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Symbols 

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message: I suggest that the I Ching related material be removed from the table on the Five Phases and detailed in the section on the I Ching, making room to add the Four Times to the table rather than describing them in text in the next section. Skyerise (talk) 12:21, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Ching and Four Times