{"id":989,"date":"2012-03-09T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T15:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?p=989"},"modified":"2024-09-17T20:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:38:35","slug":"989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/989","title":{"rendered":"Trigrams, Elements, Functional Circuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/daoism\" target=\"_self\" title='The world view that underlies the I&nbsp;Ching is rooted in Daoism (Chinese: \"Teaching the Way\", Taoism). The basic idea is the primordial unity from which all creation emanates: it gives birth to duality (Yin and Yang, light and shadow) and by their changes, movements and interplay creates our environment (the external world). The ethical teachings&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">Daoism<\/a> advises us to get to know <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the basic principle of continuously changing, phenomenal forms through observation of nature and to realize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/dao\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dao is traditionally referred to as &quot;the path&quot;. Within Daoist philosophy it describes the eternal and active principle of creation which encompasses both original unity and duality. Dao thus constitute the basic principle of the world's creation, it is a principle of immanence (= all-pervading) as well as transcendence (= undifferentiated emptiness, mother of the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Dao<\/a> by harmoniously adapting to them<\/span><\/span>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/i-ching\" target=\"_self\" title='The I&nbsp;Ching (Chinese &#63968;&#32147;, y&igrave; jing, W.-G. I&nbsp;Ching, auch: I Jing, YI&nbsp;Ching, Yi King; \"The Book of Changes\") is based on cosmology and philosophy of ancient China, particularly Daoism (Taoism). Basic ideas behind the I Ching include balance of opposites and acceptance of change. The book describes the world in 64 images which in turn&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">I Ching<\/a>, the Book of Changes, is a textbook for this process.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/traditional-acupuncture\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Traditional Acupuncture, a sub-system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is deeply rooted in Five Element Theory (Wu Xing, Five Phases). It's aim is to help people restore their balance at all levels (body, mind, soul) and grow and mature. For that purpose Traditional Acupuncture relies mainly on using the meridians' elements points (ancient points). Acupuncture&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Traditional acupuncture<\/a>, with its five-element theory, is also a teaching of change and transformation &ndash; and makes it tangible on our human body. For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/trigram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The eight trigrams are the basis of the I&nbsp;Ching. They are composed of three solid (Yang) or broken (Yin) lines. Two trigrams form a hexagram, one image of I&nbsp;Ching. The colored trigrams link to the respective chapters in the I Ching Course where they are explained in detail. Chinese Name Traditional Image Traditional Characteristic Modern&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">trigram<\/a>s of the I Ching and the five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/phases\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Five Phases of Transformation. The teachings of the five elements and the five phases of transformation (w&#468;x&iacute;ng) is a Daoist theory for describing nature. It searches for regularities according to which dynamic transformation processes take place within the realm of the living. The five elements Wood, Earth, Water, Fire and Metal are derived from nature&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">phases<\/a> elements (Wu Xing) there are different systems of attribution. Within the scope of my research I learned about <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/king-wens-later-heaven\" target=\"_self\" title='\"King Wen Later Heaven\" is one of the many ways how to attribute trigrams to phenomena of nature, the seasons, character traits, family relations, geographical directions etc. Read more: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bagua#King_Wen_%22Later_Heaven%22 However, this system is not fully compatible with the five elements theory, because King Wen&rsquo;s Later Heaven only considers the classical four seasons, and ignores&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">King Wen&rsquo;s Later Heaven<\/a><\/em>, which shows the trigrams in the chronological order of their emergence in the course of the year.<\/p>\n<p>However, this system is not fully compatible with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/five-elements\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The teachings of the five elements and the five phases of transformation (w&#468;x&iacute;ng) is a Daoist theory for describing nature. It searches for regularities according to which dynamic transformation processes take place within the realm of the living. The five elements Wood, Earth, Water, Fire and Metal are derived from nature and stand for abstract&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">five elements<\/a> theory, because <em>King Wen&rsquo;s Later Heaven<\/em> only considers the classical four seasons, and ignores late autumn as the fifth season with its corresponding fifth phase element earth. After careful consideration, I have made a few changes to the order of King Wen&rsquo;s Later Heaven:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Qian: Due to its expansive characteristics, I find it reasonable to attribute heaven to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1306\">phase element fire<\/a>&nbsp; (rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1289\">phase element metal<\/a>). Moreover, in the classical teachings, the heart is also the seat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/shen-2\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sh&eacute;n refers to the human mind or human psyche; Shen refers to the fundamental force or instance within a person that is responsible for life, and in order to promote life to its full potential, the mind must grow and be cultivated. Read more: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shen Citations: Shen\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Shen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gen: mountain (rest, contemplation) corresponds in my opinion rather to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1289\">phase element metal<\/a> (transcendence) than to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1303\">phase element water<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kun: I assign earth to the nourishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1385\">phase element earth<\/a> (instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1306\">phase element fire<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This results in the following associations of the trigrams to phases elements and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/functional-circuit\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Meridian, pathway or channel through which, according to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the life energy (Qi) flows. There are twelve main channels, each of which is assigned to one organ system. On the meridians themselves, there are special points where - e.g. through needles (acupuncture) or finger pressure (acupressure) - the energy balance can be&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">functional circuit<\/a>s:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Wood<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fire<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Earth<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Metal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Water<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Trigram<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Zhen, Sun<\/td>\n<td><strong>Qian<\/strong>, Li<\/td>\n<td><strong>Kun<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Gen<\/strong>, Dui<\/td>\n<td>Kan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/meridian\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Functional circuit, pathway or channel through which, according to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the life energy (Qi) flows. There are twelve main channels, each of which is assigned to one organ system. On the meridians themselves, there are special points where - e.g. through needles (acupuncture) or finger pressure (acupressure) - the energy balance can&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Meridian<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>GB, LIV<\/td>\n<td>SI, HT<\/td>\n<td>ST, SP<\/td>\n<td>LI, LU<\/td>\n<td>BL, KI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Here you find an overview of all trigrams, with their meaning and associated meridian and phase element: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/trigram\">Trigrams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trigrams consist of three solid or broken lines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/hexagram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A hexagram is formed by two trigrams, with the movement going upwards, just like plant growth: in divination the hexagram is built from bottom to top and later read accordingly. Read more: Structure of a Hexagram Read more: Overview hexagrams\" class=\"encyclopedia\">hexagram<\/a>s of six lines. How hexagrams are formed &ndash; and also read &ndash; is explained in more detail here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1550\">Interpretation model<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daoism advises us to get to know the basic principle of continuously changing, phenomenal forms through observation of nature and to realize the Dao by harmoniously adapting to them. The I Ching, the Book of Changes, is a textbook for this process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[147,146,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-en","category-historical-roots","category-material-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10687,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/10687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}