Week 4: Eight from Three

Constructing the Bagua and meeting the Shuogua zhuan

15 March 2027

Completing the combination rule at three lines, and the text that attributes each of the eight resulting trigrams its own name, natural image, and family role.

Outline#

• constructing all eight trigrams from the line rule
• the Shuogua zhuan: name, natural image (Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Water, Mountain, Wind, Fire, Lake), and family role per trigram
• how this correlational content differs from the arrangement questions in weeks 6–7