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.
Fuxi
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Fuxi or Fu Hsi is a culture hero in Chinese mythology, credited along with his sister and wife Nüwa with creating humanity and the invention of music, hunting, fishing, domestication, and cooking, as
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…The bagua can appear singly or in combination, and is commonly encountered in two different arrangements: the Primordial (先天八卦), "Earlier Heaven", or "Fuxi" bagua (伏羲八卦), which is so named according the legend of Fuxi being the first primordial being to identify the eight trigrams; and the Manifested (後天八卦…
Seated portrait depicting Fuxi, painted by Ma Lin of the Song dynasty
Fuxi temple in Xinle, Hebei
Painting of Fuxi looking at a trigram sketch, painted by Guo Xu (郭詡) of the Ming dynasty
Emperor Fuxi, woodcut print by Gan Bozong of the Tang dynasty