Dictionary Entry: 五常

Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang ꞏ the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA) ꞏ five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信 ꞏ five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) ꞏ five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土