The Five Principles of Water 水五則
Moving of itself, water moves other things. Seeking always to move on its own path, water does not stop. Being pure itself, water cleanses filth of other things. Flowing over obstacles as they are encountered, water increases its power a hundredfold. Filling the great and boundless oceans, evaporating to moisture, becoming rain or changing into snow, and freezing to become a sparkling mirror, water still does not lose its basic nature.