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

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