The basic elements

The sequence of the 64 hexagrams in the I-Ching, attributed to King Wen (1112-1050 BC)


The 'condensed' King Wen-sequence, attributed to Lai Zhide (1525–1604)

The 8 trigrams

The 'Early Heaven' arrangement of trigrams, attributed to Fu Xi  (~2,600 BC)

 The 'Later Heaven' arrangement, attributed to King Wen




1 comment:

  1. Early Heaven rotated 180 degrees works for me.
    My inherited orientation has me put Earth (Winter, the North) at the top.
    It is just POV.
    I also switch sides for Lake and Wind so Wind is by Fire and Lake is by Water.

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