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Bagua (concept)

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八卦
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wiktionary:???\|???Qian	???	天Heaven	健	父 Father	Northwest
wiktionary:???\|???Dui	???	泽Marsh	悦	少女 Youngest Daughter	West
wiktionary:???\|???Li	???	火Fire	麗	中女 Middle Daughter	South
wiktionary:???\|???Zhen	???	雷Thunder	動	長男 Eldest Son	East
wiktionary:???\|???Xun	???	風Wind	入	長女 Eldest Daughter	Southeast
wiktionary:???\|???Kan	???	水Water	陥	中男 Middle Son	North
wiktionary:???\|???Gen	???	山Mountain	止	少男 Youngest Son	Northeast
wiktionary:???\|???Kun	???	地Earth	順	母 Mother	Southwest

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The bagua (zh-cpwl|c=八卦|p=bā gu??|w=pa kua|l=eight trigrams|, Korean language|Korean ?????????: ??????) is a fundamental philosophical concept in ancient China. It is an octagonal diagram with eight trigrams on each side. The concept of bagua is applied not only to China|Chinese Taoist thought and the I Ching, but is also used in other domains of Chinese culture, such as fengshui, martial arts , navigation, etc.

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Origin

There are two possible sources of bagua:
# The first is from traditional Yin and yang|Yin and Yang philosophy. The interrelationships of this philosophy were described by Fuxi in the following way:

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The Limitless (void) produces the delimited, and this is the Absolute (Taiji)

The Taiji produces two forms, named yin and yang

The two forms produce four phenomena, named lesser yang, great yang (Taiyang also means the Sun), lesser yin, great yin.

The four phenomena act on the eight trigrams (ba gua), eight eights are sixty-four Hexagram (I Ching)|hexagrams.

This has some parallels to Genesis where God starts with a void and separates light from darkness, heaven from earth, land from sea, sun from moon, etc.
# Another philosophical description of the source is the following, attributed to King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty: "When the world began, there was heaven and earth. Heaven mated with the earth and gave birth to everything in the world. Heaven is Qian-gua, and the Earth is Kuan-gua. The remaining six gua are their sons and daughters".

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See also

Taiji / Taiji|Taeguk

Flag of Korea: the Taeguk Flag

Flag of Choson

Baguazhang: a martial art based on principles derived from bagua

Taijiquan another martial art partially based on bagua

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External links

http://www.fengshuimastery.com/About fengshui

http://www.fengshuipalace.com/bagua.php About the bagua

http://www.bartlettdesigns.com/fengshui-baguaoctagon.html Bagua diagram

http://images.google.com/images?q=bagua&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi Bagua images from Google

http://www.divine.com.tw/pbt08-1-3-1-6.htm The two kinds of Bagua (Chinese)

Category:Chinese thought
Category:Divination
Category:I Ching
Category:Taoism
Category:Symbolism
Category:Chinese terms

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