What does the Bagua azimuth map of the I Ching look like?

The Zhouyi Bagua diagram is as follows:

1. Basic knowledge of the Zhouyi Bagua diagram

This is a Zhouyi Bagua diagram, which looks complicated. , but it only contains basic knowledge of the Book of Changes such as Bagua, Heavenly Stems, and Earthly Branches.

This picture has eight directions, namely due east, due south, due west, and due north. These four directions are the four main palaces; there are also northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast, and these four directions are called the four-dimensional palaces. .

The so-called four main palaces mean that each palace has only one earthly branch. For example, Zhen Palace (east) has Mao, Li Palace (south) has Wu, Dui Palace (west) has You, and Kan Palace (north) has Zi.

The so-called four-dimensional palace means that each palace contains two earthly branches. For example, Qian Palace (northwest) has Wuhai, Kun Palace (southwest) has Weishen, Gen Palace (northeast) has Chouyin, and Xun Palace (southeast) has Chensi.

Each of these eight palaces has 24 small directions, represented by the heavenly stems, earthly branches and hexagram names.

The biggest feature of this Bagua diagram is that it starts from Zhen Gua and goes in time, passing through Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, Qian and Kan. It is also wood that generates fire, fire that generates earth, and earth that generates metal. , the principle of metal generating water and the five elements generating and restraining.

2. The inner circle diagram of the I Ching Bagua azimuth map

From Zhenmu to Kanshui, it is a cycle of five lives, birth and restraint, and Gen is particularly important here.

Gen palace contains two earthly branches, Choutu and Yinmu. Among them, Choutu lives together with Kanshui, and Yinmu is the root of Jiamu. Because Gen is here, it plays the role of connecting the previous and the following, connecting the son and the Chou. Water is transferred to the Yinmao tree to achieve the cycle of growth and restraint of the five elements. Therefore, Gen is the beginning and the end.

Extended information

I Ching Bagua memory formula

Bagua formula:

Qian Sanlian (the meaning is very simple, Qian Gua has Each of the three roots are connected, so the literal meaning is enough),

Kun Liuduan (Kun Gua is 6 and small short horizontal),

Zhenyang Yu (Zhen Gua) , when humans did not have writing in the beginning, they were all pictograms. A bowl is a vessel for holding liquids in ancient China. It can be imagined as a bowl for eating. The literal meaning is that the Zhen Gua is like a bowl placed upright)

Genfuwan (literally, a bowl placed with its back turned);

Li Zhongxu (if it is virtual from the middle, then both sides must be solid)

The ridge is full (the middle of the ridge is real and the two sides are imaginary)

The upper part is missing (there is a gap above the upper part)

The lower part of the shield is broken (the lower part of the shield is disconnected)

Drawing Bagua diagrams is usually done from bottom to top and from left to right, so this formula is very practical. There is sky above, earth below, the sun on the left, the moon on the right, Qian represents heaven, Kun represents earth, and Li It represents the day, and Kan represents the month.

Just be careful not to draw the wrong hexagrams Zhen and Gen.

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