Bagua
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The bagua is a set of symbols from China intended to illustrate the nature of reality as comprising mutually opposing forces reinforcing one another. Bagua is a group of trigrams—composed of three lin
Bagua diagram explanation from Zhao Huiqian's 六書本義; Liùshū běnyì, 1370s
Alternative conversion of the trigrams to binary
Cast bronze Bagua mirror with trigrams decor. Song dynasty, AD 960-1279.
Three variants of modern Bagua mirror talismans sold at a shop. From left to right: Flat, Convex, Concave.
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)
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Wuxing, translated as Five Moving Ones, Five Circulations, Five Types of Energy, Five Elements, Five Transformations, Five Phases or Five Agents, is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many tradition
Tablet in the Temple of Heaven of Beijing, written in Chinese and Manchu, dedicated to the gods of the Five Movements. The Manchu word usiha, meaning "star", explains that this tablet is dedicated to the five planets, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury, and the movements which they govern.
