Sacred Books of the East/Volume 16/Plate 2

by James Legge

 

PLATE II.

Fig. 1.

The Hexagrams, exhibited circularly and in a square, according to the natural process of development from the whole and divided lines, and the order of arrangement ascribed to Fu-hsî.

 

Fig. 2.

The Trigrams distinguished as Yin and Yang.

LATER ARRANGEMENT OF KING WĂN.

yin		yang
☷	khwăn	☰	khien
☴	sun	☳	kăn
☲	lî	☵	khan
☱	tui	☶	kăn

EARLY ARRANGEMENT OF FÛ-HSÎ.

yin		yang
☴	sun	☳	kăn
☵	khan	☲	lî
☶	kăn	☱	tui
☷	khwăn	☰	khien