五行煉化理論概念框架

本文提出「五行煉化理論概念框架」，以中國傳統哲學五行思想為分析工具，建構一套普遍適用的存在分析框架。「行」即「德」，兩者皆指內在運行的品質與本性，英文對應為 quality——複合屬性，而非原子性元素。本框架以「界、象、質、律、流」作為五德的現代命名，對應木、火、土、金、水，分別描述任何存在實體同時具備的五種內在維度：界（定界・它界何域）、象（顯化・它現何象）、質（承載・它含何物）、律（立律・它循何則）、流（連結・它連何脈）。五德被詮釋為任何存在實體在任意時刻同時具備的五種存在形態，而非線性處理步驟。

本框架的核心命題有七：

• 其一，任何存在實體皆同時具備五德，煉化過程改變的是五德的比重，而非從一個步驟移動到另一個步驟。
• 其二，五德相生（Sheng Cycle）描述形態之間的促進動力，木→火→土→金→水→木形成循環。
• 其三，五德以隔位制約的幾何結構形成相剋（Ke Cycle），提供任何存在系統的失衡診斷框架。

……（其餘命題涉及動力論、觀察者效應與跨尺度父子動力機制，詳見完整論文。）

本框架在哲學上可為本體論設計、系統診斷、知識完整性判定提供跨域的共同語言。

This paper proposes the 5Q Conceptual Framework, reinterpreting the classical Chinese philosophical concept of Wuxing as a domain-agnostic ontological analysis tool. The term xing (行) and de (德) are treated as synonymous, both denoting an intrinsic quality of dynamic character—rendered in English as quality: a composite, layered attribute rather than an atomic element. Wood (boundary-setting), Fire (manifestation), Earth (substrate), Metal (regulation), and Water (circulation) are reconceptualized as five simultaneous ontological qualities of any entity, rather than sequential processing steps.

Seven core propositions are advanced, of which three are outlined here: (1) any entity simultaneously possesses all five qualities; (2) the generative cycle (Sheng) describes mutual promotion among qualities; (3) the controlling cycle (Ke) provides an intrinsic diagnostic structure for systemic imbalance via alternate-position restraint. … (Further propositions — covering dynamics, observer effects, and cross-scale parent-child mechanisms — are detailed in the full papers.)

The framework offers a shared philosophical vocabulary applicable across ontological design, system diagnosis, and knowledge completeness assessment in any domain.