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The name of this diagram means
"Positive and negative vital forces create plants and animals."
"Positive and negative vital forces create plants and animals."
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"小物" (small things), used in the title of this diagram, includes "動" (animals and birds) and "植" (trees and grasses). "絪縕" (in-un) means the chaotic vitality of the earth. This word is not used in modern Japanese. Interestingly, each layer of the sphere up to the celestial sphere is indicated by the word "天" in the upper semicircle of the diagram, while "地" in the lower semicircle indicates the earth. The outside of the lower semicircle probably indicates the interior of the earth. Another interesting point is that clouds "雲" and rain "雨," as well as soil "土" and stone "石," are divided into inner and outer positions by the double circles. Rain and soil inside the circle directly affect the growth and prosperity of animals and plants, but clouds and stones do not. "本" (hon, in Japanese reading) means something unchanging. Even in modern Japanese, words such as "本質" (essence), "本気" (seriousness), "本当" (truth or genuineness), and "本心" (one's true heart) are frequently used. They all imply something unchanging, or almost unchanging. The character "神" (shin) means the activity of all things. The double-lined circle in the center shows the necessary interdependence between long-lived but non-moving plants and short-lived but moving animals. |
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