See also a table of the spatial arrangement of the eight trigrams.
The eight trigrams (bagua) and their main associations. Top to bottom: elements in nature, family relations, and directions in the cosmological configurations “prior to Heaven” and “posterior to Heaven” (xiantian and houtian).
The Taoist Tradition: An Introduction to Teachings, Schools, and Practices
A concise but comprehensive introduction to Taoist thought and religion, treating them not as separate domains but as two inseparable aspects of a single tradition. Early texts, history, cosmos and human being, and main practices, including External and Internal Alchemy.
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