Bagua

Bagua 1 Trigrams

For other uses, see Bagua (disambiguation). The Bagua (Chinese: 八卦; literally:“eight symbols”),

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Derivation of the bagua

There are two possible sources of bagua. The first is from traditional Yin and Yang philosophy. This is explained by Fuxi in the following way: Bagua diagram from Zhao Huiqian's (趙撝謙) Liushu benyi (六 書本義, 1370s).

or Pa Kua, are eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. Each consists of three lines, each line either “broken”or “unbroken,” respectively representing yin or yang. Due to their tripartite structure, they are often referred to as“trigrams”in English.

Another possible source of bagua is the following, attributed to King Wen of 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 Kun-gua. The remaining six guas are their sons and daughters”.

The trigrams are related to the five elements of Wu Xing, used by Feng Shui practitioners and in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Those five elements are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. The Water (Kan) and Fire (Li) trigrams correspond directly with the Water and Fire elements. The element of Earth corresponds with both the trigrams of Earth (Kun) and Mountain (Gen). The element of Wood corresponds with the trigrams of Wind (Xun) (as a gentle but inexorable force that can erode and penetrate stone) and Thunder (Zhen). The element The ancient Chinese classic, I Ching (Pinyin: Yi Jing), of Metal corresponds with the trigrams of Heaven (Qian) consists of the 64 pairwise permutations of trigrams, re- and Lake (Dui). ferred to as "hexagrams", along with commentary on each There are eight possible combinations to render the varione. ous trigrams (八卦 bāguà): The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy, Taijiquan and the Wu Xing, or “five elements”.* [1] The relationships between the trigrams are represented in two arrangements, the Primordial (先 天 八 卦), “Earlier Heaven”* [2] or“Fu Xi”bagua (伏羲八卦), and the Manifested (後天八卦),“Later Heaven,”* [2] or“King Wen” bagua. The trigrams have correspondences in astronomy, astrology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, the family, and elsewhere.* [3]* [4]

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Hexagram lookup table

Fu Xi “Earlier Heaven”

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Fuxi “Earlier Heaven”bagua arrangement

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King Wen “Later Heaven”

生 (Generative), 剋 (Destructive) 水生木, 木生金, 金生火, 火生水 水剋火, 火剋金, 金剋木, 木剋水 King Wen “Later Heaven”bagua arrangement

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生 (Generative), 剋 (Destructive) 火生水, 水生木, 木生金, 金生火 火剋金, 金剋木, 木剋水, 水剋火

The Bagua is an essential tool in the majority of Feng Shui schools. The Bagua used in Feng shui can appear in two different versions: the Earlier Heaven Bagua, used for burial sites, and the Later Heaven Bagua, used for the residences.

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Xiantian Bagua

or aspect of life and are divided into such categories as: fame, relationships/marriage, children/creativity, In Xiantian Bagua, also known as Fu Xi Bagua or Earlier helpful people/travel, career, inner knowledge, famHeaven Bagua, the Heaven is in the higher part and the ily/ancestors/health, and wealth/blessings. Earth is in the lower part. The trigram Qian (Heaven) is In this system, the map is intended to be used over the at the top, the trigram Kun (Earth) is at the bottom (in the land, one's home, office or desk to find areas lacking past, the South was located at the top in Chinese maps). good chi, and to show where there are negative or missThe trigram Li (Fire) is located on the left and opposite to ing spaces that may need rectifying or enhancing in life it is the trigram Kan (Water). Zhen (Thunder) and Xun or the environment. (Wind) form another pair, while being one opposite the other, the first on the bottom left next to Li while the sec- For example, if the bagua grid is placed over the entire ond is next to Qian on the top right of the Bagua. Gen house plan and it shows the toilet, bathroom, laundry, or (Mountain) and Dui (Lake) form the last pair, one op- kitchen in the wealth/blessings area it would be considposite the other, both in balance and harmony. The ad- ered that the money coming into that particular environjustment of the trigrams is symmetrical by forming exact ment would disappear very fast, as if to be 'going down contrary pairs. They symbolize the opposite forces of Yin the drain.' and Yang and represent an ideal state, when everything is in balance.

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Houtian Bagua

The sequence of the trigrams in Houtian Bagua, also known as the Bagua of King Wen or Later Heaven Bagua, describes the patterns of the environmental changes. Kan is placed downwards and Li at the top, Zhen in the East and Dui in the West. Contrary to the Earlier Heaven Bagua, this one is a dynamic Bagua where energies and the aspects of each trigram flow towards the following. It is the sequence used by the Luo Pan compass which is used in Feng Shui to analyze the movement of the Qi that affects us.

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Bagua of the eight aspirations

Feng shui was made very popular in the Occident thanks to the Bagua of the eight aspirations. Each trigram corresponds to an aspect of life which, in its turn, corresponds to one of the cardinal directions. Applying feng shui using the Bagua of the eight aspirations made it possible to simplify feng shui and to bring it within the reach of everyone. The Masters of traditional feng shui call it Neo Feng Shui, for its simplicity, because it does not take into account the forms of the landscape or the temporal influence or the annual cycles. The Bagua of the eight aspirations is divided into two branches: the first, which uses the compass and cardinal directions, and the second, which uses the Bagua by using the main door. It is clear that, not taking into account the cardinal directions, the second is even more simplified.

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Bagua map

A bagua map is a tool used in modern forms of feng shui to map a room or location and see how the different sections correspond to different aspects in one's life. These sections are believed to relate to every area

A Tibetan“Mystic Tablet”containing the Eight Trigrams on top of a large tortoise (presumably, alluding to the animal that presented them to Fu Xi), along with the 12 signs of Chinese zodiac, and a smaller tortoise carrying the Lo Shu Square on its shell

Film • The Filipino horror film Feng Shui is about a cursed Bagua mirror that involves a person getting killed in a way that relates to their Chinese zodiac if they stare at the Bagua mirror. • In the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Snake-Eyes has the Bagua symbols for water and fire printed on the arm of his uniform, since the original comics had the same symbols as the arm tattoo used by members of the Arashikage clan (Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow's clan). • In the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid, the matches in the final contest sequence take place on large circular Bagua arrangements that delimit the combat area.

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• In the John Woo historical movie, Red Cliff, Dong • In Blade & Soul, Bagua are used as accessories to Wu Princess Sun Shang Xiang baited a Cao general increase players' stats. They are found throughout and his entire cavalry unit into a Bagua formation, the game in tiles and a complete Bagua is made by which was set up by Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu as combining eight tiles. a counter-attack to Cao Cao's intended ambush on Red Cliff Fortress. Music Television • In Jackie Chan Adventures, the trigrams are each written on a face of the Pan'ku Box and each of the trigrams represent their own demon sorcerer with corresponding nature. • The television series Lost incorporated the Bagua into the logos for the DHARMA Initiative. Cartoons, manga and anime

• The 8 Diagrams, an album released by The WuTang Clan in 2007, features an adaptation of the Bagua map on its cover. • Marilyn Manson's 8th studio album, "Born Villain", makes extensive visual use of the trigrams. • Blur's 8th album, 2015's The Magic Whip, features the FuXi arrangement on its rear sleeve. • Hexagram 50 is featured in the cover of Future Days by Can.

• In the cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Other Airbending is based on Bagua. The Bagua appears again on Air Temple Island in Avatar's sequel series • The Unicode character set has characters for each The Legend of Korra. of the eight trigrams at codepoints U+2630 to U+2637:* [6] (☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷). • In the manga and anime Naruto, the Hyuga clan's main attack is the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. Additionally, the Eight Trigram Sealing Style is used to seal the Nine Tailed Fox inside of Naruto. • In the anime Cowboy Bebop episode“Boogie Woogie Feng Shui”, the device that Maefa uses with the sunstone contains trigrams from the Bagua. Games • In Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, there is a level where the player is tasked with solving a puzzle based on the Earlier Heaven Bagua. • Ling Xiaoyu, a character from the Tekken series, uses various forms of Chinese martial arts, Bagua being one of those styles. • In Touhou Project, a bullet hell series, the character Marisa Kirisame uses a “mini-Hakkero”with one of the Bagua diagrams on it. • In Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires, the main menu uses the “Earlier Heaven”Bagua arrangement as the “floor”for the selections.

9 See also • Flag of South Korea: the Taegeuk flag. • Singapore dollar: the one dollar coin is shaped like a bagua. • Flag of South Vietnam: a trigram representing “south”. • Baguazhang: a martial art based on principles derived from bagua. • Taijiquan: the Taoist martial art that uses bagua principles. • Tian gan and Di zhi: the archaic calendar system of East Asia. • Tekes County, a planned community with a shape of a bagua.

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• In Elsword, the character Ara Haan receives a skill called“Eight Trigram Palm”(or“Double Collision” [1] CHEN, Xin (tr. Alex Golstein). The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan, INBI Matrix Pty Ltd, 2007. page ) upon advancing to a “Little Hsien”. 11. (accessed on Scribd.com, December 14, 2009.)

• In Battlefield 4, many trigrams are found on the four maps of the“Dragon's Teeth”expansion pack. Some players believe the trigrams could be used to decrypt the password that will unlock the“Phantom Initiate”assignment.

[2] Wilhelm, Richard (1950). The I Ching or Book of Changes. translated by Cary F. Baynes, forward by C. G. Jung, preface to 3rd ed. by Hellmut Wilhelm (1967). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 266, 269. ISBN 069109750X.

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[3] TSUEI, Wei. Roots of Chinese culture and medicine Chinese Culture Books Co., 1989. [4] ZONG, Xiao-Fan and Liscum, Gary. Chinese Medical Palmistry: Your Health in Your Hand, Blue Poppy Press, 1999. [5] Wilhelm, R. & Baynes, C., (1967):“The I Ching or Book of Changes”, With foreword by Carl Jung, Introduction, Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press, (1st ed. 1950) [6] http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf

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External links

• Malaysia Iching Net • The Spiritual Feng Shui • Kheper.net on the trigrams • Bagua • The oirigin of Bazhai Feng Shui based on the Bagua

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