Haven't found any real official or standard traslation for this book, it claims to be a chronological records of the cycles of the five phases. In ancient Chinese philosophy, five elements are used to represent the basis of the world: Gold(金), Wood(木), Water(水), Fire(火) and Earth(土). These five elements are also used to represent different phases or stages comprising a cycle, and all the cycles amount to the moving on of time and development of the world.