Taoism: Pictures and Tables
See also Taoist Alchemy: Pictures
Pictures
Laozi
Pictures of Laozi. | |
Daode jing
Pictures of the Daode jing (Book of the Way and Its Virtue). | |
Three Clarities
Pictures of the Three Clarities (Sanqing), the highest Taoist gods. | |
Taiyi (Great One)
The Taoist god who represents the state of Unity. | |
Original Breath
An image depicting the Original Breath issued from the Dao. | |
Yin-Yang and Eight Trigrams
A chart showing Yin and Yang surrounded by the Eight Trigrams (bagua). | |
Chart of the Great Ultimate (Taiji tu)
This well-known chart depicts the cosmological configurations that intervene between the Dao and the "ten thousand things." | |
The Red Child
An image of the true self, visualized in meditation. | |
Inner Gods
Visualization of the Lords of the thirty-nine gates (hu) of the human body. | |
The Five Lingbao Talismans
Pictures from one of the main Lingbao scriptures. | |
Immortals
Early representation of immortals as winged beings walking on clouds. |
Tables
- The five agents (or five phases, wuxing) and their main correlations.
- The five agents (or five phases, wuxing) and their spatial arrangement.
- The eight trigrams and their main associations.
- The eight trigrams and their spatial arrangement in the precelestial and postcelestial configurations.
- The ten celestial stems and their main associations.
- The twelve earthly branches and their main associations.
Five Agents (wuxing): Main associations
Five Agents (wuxing): Spatial arrangement
Eight Trigrams (bagua): Main associations
Eight Trigrams (bagua): Spatial arrangement
Twelve Earthly Branches (dizhi)