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Bagua (Chinese: 八卦; pinyin: bā guà; Wade-Giles: pa kua; literally "eight symbols") is conceptually a template or a ruler within the Taoist cosmology to track changes. There are two types of Bagua, firstly the Primordial Bagua (先天八卦) or Fuxi Bagua (伏羲八卦) attributable to Fuxi (2852 BCE) as a tool to track manifestations before changes, and secondly as the Manifested Bagua (後天八卦), which has wider applications including astronomy, astrology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, time, the seasons as well as the twenty-four Jieqi (節氣). In Taoism eschatology and in the Chinese creation story (...四象演八卦), Bagua takes on the connotation of manifestations flourishing in multiple directions. Image File history File links Zhongwen. ... The UTF-8-encoded Japanese Wikipedia article for mojibake, as displayed in ISO-8859-1 encoding. ... Japanese name Kanji: Hiragana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ: Hán tá»±: A Chinese character or Han character (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, rarely Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. ... Bagua is a province of the Amazonas Region in Peru. ... Bagua is a city located to 162 km / 3 hours and 45 minutes of the city of Chachapoyas. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ... Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) order + λογος (logos) word, reason, plan) is the quantitative (usually mathematical) study of the Universe in its totality, and by extension, humanitys place in it. ... Fu Hsi (伏羲; pinyin fú xī; Pao-hsi), was the mythical First Emperor of China. ... For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut (1888). ... Geomancer redirects here. ... Human heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... Taoism (pronounced or ; also spelled Daoism) refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. ... For the eschatological beliefs of various religions, see End Times. ...

The octagonal trigram template is a common symbol for the term Bagua.

Origin

The eight trigrams of the bagua (King Wen "Later Heaven" order).

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

無極生有極, 有極是太極,
太極生兩儀, 即陰陽;
兩儀生四象: 即少陰、太陰、少陽、太陽,
四象演八卦， 八八六十四卦
The Limitless (Wuji) 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 (taiyin also means the Moon).
The four phenomena act on the eight trigrams (ba gua), eight eights are sixty-four hexagrams. Image File history File links Trigrams. ... Image File history File links Trigrams. ... Japanese name Kanji: Hiragana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ: Chữ nôm: Hán tá»±: The Taijitu of Zhou Dun-yi In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) are generalized descriptions of the antitheses or mutual correlations in human perceptions of phenomena... Fu Hsi (伏羲; pinyin fú xī; Pao-hsi), was the mythical First Emperor of China. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about a concept in Taoism. ... Japanese name Kanji: Hiragana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ: Chữ nôm: Hán tá»±: The Taijitu of Zhou Dun-yi In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) are generalized descriptions of the antitheses or mutual correlations in human perceptions of phenomena... Sol redirects here. ... A hexagram is any of the sixty-four sets of solid and broken lines used in the Chinese classic text I Ching. ...

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 Kun-gua. The remaining six gua are their sons and daughters". King Wen (Chinese: 周文王, pinyin: zhou1 wen2 wang2) (1099–1050 BC) was the founder of the later Zhou Dynasty (周朝). The Zhou state was located in the Wei River valley in present day Shaanxi Province (陝西). King Wen planned the conquest of the current dynasty in power, the Shang Dynasty (商朝), but he died... This article is about the ancient Chinese dynasty. ...

Note that "South" is always found at the top of the Bagua.

The Eight Trigrams (Pre-King Wen "Earlier Heaven" order)

The Eight Trigrams (King Wen "Later Heaven" order)

Bagua with name and nature (King Wen "Later Heaven" order)

Note,* some trigrams are also among the five elements of Wu Xing: Water and Fire. The element of Earth corresponds with both the trigrams of Earth and Mountain. The element of Wood corresponds with the trigrams of Wind (as a gentle but inexorable force that can erode and penetrate stone) and Thunder. The element of Metal corresponds with the trigrams of Sky and Lake. Image File history File links Pakua_with_name. ... Image File history File links Pakua_with_name. ... Bön Hinduism (Tattva) and Buddhism (Mahābhūta) Prithvi / Bhumi — Earth Ap / Jala — Water Vayu / Pavan — Air / Wind Agni / Tejas — Fire Akasha — Aether Japanese (Godai) Earth (地) Water (水) Air / Wind (風) Fire (火) Void / Sky / Heaven (空) Chinese (Wu Xing) In traditional Chinese philosophy, natural phenomena can be classified into the Wu Xing...

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 or aspect of our lives and are divided into such categories as: fame, relationships/marriage, children/creativity, helpful people/travel, career, inner knowledge, family/ancestors/health, and wealth/blessings. Fēng Shuǐ (風水 – literally, wind and water pronounced fung shuway), which may be more than 3000 years old, is the ancient practice of placement to achieve harmony with the environment. ...

In this system, the map is intended to be used over the land, one's home, office or desk to find areas lacking good chi, and to show where there are negative or missing spaces and what may need rectifying or enhancing in life or the environment. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... For other uses, see QI (disambiguation). ...

For example, if the Bagua grid is placed over the entire house plan and it shows the toilet, bathroom, laundry, or kitchen in the wealth/blessings area it would be considered that the money coming into that particular environment would disappear very fast, as if to be 'going down the drain.' Malaysia I Ching Net

In Popular Culture

The Unicode character set has characters for each of the eight trigrams at codepoints U+2630 to U+2637: ^[1] ☰☱☲☳☴☵☶☷ The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ...

In the cartoon Jackie Chan Adventures, the trigrams are each written on a face of the Pan Ku Box, though Lake is reassigned to mean Moon. Jackie Chan Adventures is a successful animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. ...

The creators of the television series Lost incorporated the bagua symbol into the logos for the DHARMA Initiative stations found around the island. LOST redirects here. ... Title card from a Dharma Initiative orientation film featured in the Lost episode Orientation The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ...

In the anime/manga Naruto, the clan known as the Hyuga clan uses combat based on the Eight Trigrams, with their main attack called the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, involving a series of heavy strikes into pressure points on the opponent's body, or as a means of fast weaker attacks against many opponents. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Shonen Jump BANZAI! Shonen Jump Weekly Comic Original run November 1999 – Ongoing No. ... The Hyuga clan , HyÅ«ga family) is a fictional clan of ninja in the manga/anime Naruto. ... This is a list of taijutsu in the manga and anime series Naruto. ...

In the anime Cowboy Bebop, episode titled Boogie Woogie Feng Shui, the device that Maefa uses with the Sunstone contains trigrams from the Bagua, shaped in a Octagon that has a gyroscopic outer and inner ring. The device was used as a MacGuffin of sorts to get Maefa and Jet Black out of trouble. This would be in contrast to the Sunstone, which functions more as a Plot coupon: it not only powered the device, but was destroyed with a single shot from Spike's Swordfish II and opened a rift in hyperspace to provide a resolution to the story. Original run April 3, 1998 – April 23, 1999 Episodes 26 Movie: Knockin on Heavens Door (天国の扉) Director Shinichiro Watanabe Writer Keiko Nobumoto Studio Sunrise BONES Bandai Visual[2] Released September 1, 2001 Runtime 115 min. ... This article is about the plot device. ... A plot coupon, and the somewhat less-well-known plot voucher, are the names Nick Lowe gave to specimens of plot devices in his essay The Well-Tempered Plot Device, which was published in Ansible in 1986. ...

In the anime/manga Outlaw Star, there is a form of energy called Tao Magic which is employed extensively by the Kei Pirates. There is a somewhat obscure bagua reference near the end of the series when the Kei Pirate Hazanko constructs a method to force the Galactic Leyline open. When the method is completed, a giant bagua-like shape appears in space with the Leyline as the center just before the way inside is opened. Demographic Seinen Serialized in Ultra Jump Original run 1997 Volumes 3 TV anime Director Mitsuru Hongo Studio Sunrise Licensor Bandai Entertainment Madman Entertainment Network TV Tokyo Original run January 8, 1998 – June 25, 1998 Episodes 26 Spinoff Angel Links Outlaw Star , translated as Starward Warrior Knight Outlaw Star) is a... The crew of the Outlaw Star. ... The crew of the Outlaw Star. ... The crew of the Outlaw Star. ... Demographic Seinen Serialized in Ultra Jump Original run 1997 Volumes 3 TV anime Director Mitsuru Hongo Studio Sunrise Licensor Bandai Entertainment Madman Entertainment Network TV Tokyo Original run January 8, 1998 – June 25, 1998 Episodes 26 Spinoff Angel Links Outlaw Star , translated as Starward Warrior Knight Outlaw Star) is a...

In the Nickelodeon television show Avatar: The Last Airbender, air bending is based on baguazhang (sometimes called "Bagua" for short). The forms used in the show for airbending are similar or identical to baguazhang techniques. All four bending styles are based on four ancient forms of Chinese martial arts. Firebending is based on Northern Shaolin Kung Fu; Waterbending is based on taijiquan; Earthbending is based on Hung Gar; and Airbending is based on baguazhang. This article is about the TV channel. ... BāguàzhÇŽng is one of the major internal (a. ... Firebending is a term for a mystical martial art featured within the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Waterbending is a mystical martial art featured within the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (from Chinese 太极拳 Tàijíquán, literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some recent... Earthbending is a mystical martial art featured within the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Hung Gar, also known as Hung Kuen or Hung Ga, is a southern Chinese martial art associated with the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, who was a master of Hung Gar. ... Airbending is a mystical martial art featured within the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ...

The 8 Diagrams, an album released by The Wu-Tang Clan in 2007, features an adaptation of the Bagua map on its cover. The title of the album itself is a reference to the eight trigrams that are found around the outside of the map. Singles from 8 Diagrams Released: 2007 Released: October 3, 2007 Released: 2007 Released: 2007 8 Diagrams is the upcoming album by New York hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, scheduled for release through Street Records Corporation on December 11, 2007. ... Wu-Tang redirects here. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

See also

• Feng Shui
• I Ching
• Taiji / Taeguk
• Flag of South Korea: the Taeguk Flag
• Flag of South Vietnam: 3 trigrams, representing "south"
• Baguazhang: a martial art based on principles derived from bagua
• Taijiquan another martial art partially based on bagua

Fēng Shuǐ (風水 – literally, wind and water pronounced fung shuway), which may be more than 3000 years old, is the ancient practice of placement to achieve harmony with the environment. ... Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... This article is about a concept in Taoism. ... This article is about a concept in Taoism. ... Taegukgi and Taegeukgi redirects here. ... the flag which was designed by Emperor Bao Dai. ... BāguàzhÇŽng is one of the major internal (a. ... Tai Chi Chuan or Taijiquan (from Chinese 太极拳 Tàijíquán, literally supreme ultimate fist), commonly known as Tai Chi or Taiji, is a nei chia (internal) Chinese martial art which is known for the claims of health and longevity benefits made by its practitioners and in some recent...

References

1. ^ http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf

External links

• Bagua - Animated
• Bagua - Full Diagram
• About the bagua
• Kheper.net on the trigrams
• Chart with trigrams & bagua
• Bagua diagram
• Bagua images from Google
• The two kinds of Bagua (Chinese)
• Early And Later Heaven Arrangements
• Malaysia I Ching Net