Bagua shows all things in the world and the laws of their development, which can be said to be all-encompassing. But as the Bagua itself, it is just a three-yao hexagram formed by three combinations of Yin and Yang. It is a very abstract expression and difficult to understand. I

Bagua shows all things in the world and the laws of their development, which can be said to be all-encompassing. But as the Bagua itself, it is just a three-yao hexagram formed by three combinations of Yin and Yang. It is a very abstract expression and difficult to understand. I have explained the essence of the Bagua to a certain extent before. If you are interested, you can refer to my Previous article.

Closer to home, the essential meaning of the Bagua is difficult to understand. In order to better study and practice, the ancients compared the Bagua with some physical objects with similar characteristics. Let us reflect the essence of the Bagua through the characteristics of these objects, and the characteristics of these objects To choose and use is to take images. Good image acquisition helps us better understand and discover the essence of hexagrams, and can also better apply them.

"Shuo Gua" records the different images of the Bagua. Here I summarize the images of the Bagua, as shown in the table below.

Bagua image table

The original text is

Qian is a horse, Kun is an ox, Zhen is a dragon, Xun is a chicken, Kan is a pig, Li is a pheasant, Gen is a dog, and Dui is a sheep.

Qian is the head, Kun is the abdomen, Zhen is the foot, Xun is the stock, Kan is the ear, Li is the eye, Gen is the hand, and Dui is the mouth.

The sky is heaven, so it is called father; the earth is earth, so it is called mother. If you shake a string, you will get a boy, so you are called the eldest boy; if you hit a string of sunda, you will get a girl, so you are called the eldest daughter; if you string again, you will get a boy, so you are called the middle boy; if you are separated, you will get a girl, so it is called the middle boy. Female; after three strings, you will get a boy, so you are called a young boy; if you match three strings, you will get a girl, so you are called a young girl.

The stem is the sky, the circle, the king, the father, the jade, the gold, the cold, the ice, the big red, the good horse, the barren horse, the barge horse, and the wood and fruit.

Kun is the earth, the mother, the cloth, the cauldron, the stinginess, the balance, the son and the cow, the big carriage, the text, the crowd, the handle, and it is also black on the earth.

Zhen is thunder, it is dragon, it is Xuanhuang, it is Fu, it is Datu, it is the eldest son, it is Juecao, it is Cangzhu, it is weed. As for horses, they are good at sounding, their feet are fluffy, and their chin is good. When it comes to crops, it is a reaction. It is considered healthy and fresh.

Xun means wood, means wind, means eldest daughter, means straight rope, means work, means whiteness, means length, means height, means advance and retreat, means fruitlessness, means smell. In humans, it is less hairy, broad-faced, white-eyed, and quick and profitable. It is called Cao Gua.

The ridge is water, a ditch, a concealment, a correction, and a bow wheel. For people, it causes worry, heart disease, earache, blood hexagram, and redness. For horses, it is a beautiful spine, a strong heart, a low head, a thin hoof, and a drag. For Yu Yu, it is Duoyi. For communication, for the moon, for the thief. When it comes to wood, it is strong and multi-minded.

Li is fire, sun, electricity, middle girl, armor , and soldier. For people, it is a big belly and Qian Gua. For turtles, for crabs, for earwigs, for clams, for turtles. When it comes to wood, it's a disease of the family.

Gen is a mountain, a path, a small stone, a gate, a fruit plant, a temple, a finger, a dog, a rat, and a genus of the Guizhou beak. As for wood, it is hard and has many knots.

Dui is for beauty, for girls, for witches, for tongue, for destruction, and for attachment. When it is on the ground, it is just salty. As a concubine, as a sheep.