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GFSA Multilingual Feng Shui and Yijing Glossary

Explore reviewed feng shui and Yijing terminology by subject, compare names across languages, trace public definitions to source snapshots, and understand differences among schools and cultures.

Interpretive boundary: The library documents terminology, sources and present-day usage. It does not establish scientific causation, medical effectiveness, legal status, one orthodox school or a guaranteed service result.
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Earlier-Heaven Bagua

中文:先天八卦 English: Earlier-Heaven Bagua 日本語:先天八卦 한국어: 선천팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

Earlier-Heaven Bagua (先天八卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A later trigram arrangement commonly attributed to Fuxi and read through paired oppositions and ideal o...

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Eight Trigrams (Bagua)

中文:八卦 English: Eight Trigrams (Bagua) 日本語:八卦 한국어: 팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

The bagua are eight basic trigrams made from three broken or unbroken lines, commonly named Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui. Yijing commentary, image-and-number traditions and later cultural practices associat...

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Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure)

中文:卦 English: Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure) 日本語:卦 한국어: 괘

Yijing symbol systems

Gua (Trigram or Hexagram Figure) (卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A symbolic figure composed of yin and yang lines. Three lines form one of the Eight Trigrams a...

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Later-Heaven Bagua

中文:後天八卦 English: Later-Heaven Bagua 日本語:後天八卦 한국어: 후천팔괘

Yijing symbol systems

Later-Heaven Bagua (後天八卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The widely used arrangement assigning the trigrams to east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest,...

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Nine Palaces

中文:九宮 English: Nine Palaces 日本語:九宮 한국어: 구궁

Yijing symbol systems

Nine Palaces (九宮) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A nine-position framework consisting of a centre and eight surrounding directions, often combined with Luoshu num...

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Sixty-Four Hexagrams

中文:六十四卦 English: Sixty-Four Hexagrams 日本語:六十四卦 한국어: 육십사괘

Yijing symbol systems

Sixty-Four Hexagrams (六十四卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The sixty-four six-line figures formed by pairing the Eight Trigrams. They structure the received Yijin...

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Yao (Line)

中文:爻 English: Yao (Line) 日本語:爻 한국어: 효

Yijing symbol systems

Yao (Line) (爻) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The basic line-position from which trigrams and hexagrams are composed. Yang lines are normally solid and yin lines ...

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