al. Posted January 21, 2011 Any ideas about the Five Elements here? The circle at the bottom? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard Posted January 21, 2011 Any ideas about the Five Elements here? The circle at the bottom? The 5E are already represented but there is stuff missing in there: Wuji Si Xiang (four emblems...great yin, lesser yin; lesser yang and great yang). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
al. Posted January 21, 2011 The 5E are already represented but there is stuff missing in there: Wuji Si Xiang (four emblems...great yin, lesser yin; lesser yang and great yang). Yep, no Bagua either, but i think this might be intentional (as the title suggests). It's a curious one. The atypical 5E chart is what gets me- what does this 6th circle represent? And why connected to both Fire and Water but in between Wood and Metal? As a side-note, I was surprised to hear that the the famous TaiChi yin-yang symbol has only been around for about 700 years. And I'm not sure about this (I find it hard to believe) but the pre and post heavenly Bagua symbols (with the trigrams in the 8 cardinal directions) are said to have only been around for some 1000 years or so... This diagram above and it's associated text was a forerunner to the rise of neo-confucianism, dated to around 1000-1050AD. a Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 21, 2011 Yep, no Bagua either, but i think this might be intentional (as the title suggests). It's a curious one. The atypical 5E chart is what gets me- what does this 6th circle represent? And why connected to both Fire and Water but in between Wood and Metal? As a side-note, I was surprised to hear that the the famous TaiChi yin-yang symbol has only been around for about 700 years. And I'm not sure about this (I find it hard to believe) but the pre and post heavenly Bagua symbols (with the trigrams in the 8 cardinal directions) are said to have only been around for some 1000 years or so... This diagram above and it's associated text was a forerunner to the rise of neo-confucianism, dated to around 1000-1050AD. a the yin yang symbol is not actually the symbol for tai chi. as tai chi is the parent of yin & yang. it is however the symbol many people relate to tai chi. there is wuji . symbol being like an empty circle, then the taji symbol has a spiral coming from the center and then the yin yang symbol. you can see how the tai chi is moving into the yin yang Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devoid Posted January 21, 2011 [...] The atypical 5E chart is what gets me- what does this 6th circle represent? And why connected to both Fire and Water but in between Wood and Metal? [...] Hi al. Thanks for posting this! My guess is that the 6th circle represents the alchemical concept of the kidneys (water) being heated by the heart (fire), i.e. the mixing of the kan an li. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sean Posted January 21, 2011 i'm always struck by how similar this is to the kabbalistic tree diagram. sean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben Posted January 22, 2011 i'm always struck by how similar this is to the kabbalistic tree diagram. sean Anyone got the time to elaborate on the kabbalah thingy and the above diagram? I have read this somewhere else as well. Would like to hear some input. (Particularly because I can see a tree in me). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
