Week 6: An Inner Order

The Xiantian arrangement, sourced to Shao Yong rather than legend

29 March 2027

A documented Song-dynasty construction, kept separate from the older Fuxi legend, whose circular binary-counting order answers week 5’s open question and sets up the Leibniz episode in week 11.

Outline#

• the Xiantian arrangement’s circle: binary-counting order, Kun to Qian
• answering week 5: inverse pairs sit directly opposite each other
• Shao Yong (1011–1077) as its documented author (Birdwhistell); the Fuxi legend kept separate