The trigram Li (Fire) is located on the left and opposite to it is the trigram Kan (Water). The trigram Qian (Heaven) is at the top, the trigram Kun (Earth) is at the bottom (in the past, the South was located at the top in Chinese maps). In Primordial Bagua, also known as Fu Xi Bagua or Earlier Heaven Bagua, the Heaven is in the higher part and the Earth is in the lower part. 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. The Bagua is an essential tool in the majority of Feng Shui schools. The element of Metal corresponds with the trigrams of Heaven (Qian) and Lake (Dui). 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 of Earth corresponds with both the trigrams of Earth (Kun) and Mountain (Gen). The Water (Kan) and Fire (Li) trigrams correspond directly with the Water and Fire elements. Those five elements are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal. The trigrams are related to the five elements of Wu Xing, used by Feng Shui practitioners and in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The four phenomena act on the eight trigrams (ba gua), eight eights are sixty-four hexagramsĪnother chapter, 說卦 Shuō Guà 'Discussing the Trigrams', characterizes the 乾 Qián trigram, which represents Heaven, and 坤 Kūn, which represent earth, as father and mother, respectively, of the six other trigrams, who are their three sons ( 震 Zhèn, 坎 Kǎn, 艮 Gèn) and three daughters ( 巽 Xùn, 離 Lí, 兌 Duì). The two forms produce four phenomena, named lesser yang, great yang (tai yang also means the Sun), lesser yin, great yin (tai yin also means the Moon). The Taiji produces two forms, named Yin and Yang. The Limitless ( Wuji) produces the delimited, and this is the Absolute ( Taiji). This explanation would later be modified to: The Two Modes generate the Four Images, ( 四象 Sixiang)Īnd the Four Images generate the Eight Trigrams. In Change there is the Supreme Polarity, ( 太極 Taiji), There are eight possible combinations to render the various trigrams ( 八卦 bāguà): The ancient Chinese classic, I Ching ( Pinyin: Yi Jing), consists of the 64 pairwise permutations of trigrams, referred to as " hexagrams", along with commentary on each one. The trigrams have correspondences in astronomy, astrology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, the family, martial arts, Chinese medicine and elsewhere. The relationships between the trigrams are represented in two arrangements: the Primordial ( 先天八卦), "Earlier Heaven", or "Fu Xi" bagua ( 伏羲八卦) and the Manifested ( 後天八卦), "Later Heaven", or "King Wen" bagua. The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy, Taijiquan and the Wuxing, or "five elements". Due to their tripartite structure, they are often referred to as Eight Trigrams in English. Each consists of three lines, each line either "broken" or "unbroken", respectively representing yin or yang. The bagua or pakua (八卦) are a set of eight symbols that originated in China, used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. The attack not only disables the enemy but also knocks them back with every set of strikes.Bagua diagram explanation from Zhao Huiqian's ( 趙撝謙) Liushu benyi ( 六書本義, 1370s) Bagua Each set of strikes is done at an exponentially increasing pace and strength. This eliminates their ability to use chakra for quite some time and makes it difficult for them to move. This technique is used to close off the flow of chakra through sixty-four chakra points(tenketsu) of an opponent's Chakra Pathway System. It is reserved only for the Main Branch of the Hyuuga Clan. The Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms is a maneuver of the Gentle Fist fighting style.
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