See also a table of the main associations of the eight trigrams.
Arrangement of the eight trigrams in the cosmological configurations “prior to Heaven” (or precelestial, xiantian, above) and “posterior to Heaven” (or postcelestial, houtian, below).
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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