Earth Above, Heaven Below
The Tai hexagram: why it actually means flowing throughTranslated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.
Hexagrams · Reading the upper and lower pictures
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Don't rush to read the explanation yet. This hexagram is called 泰 (Tai), which means "flowing through": earth is on top, and heaven is below. Hey, isn't that upside down? First look at the two pictures, then look at what each of the six people is doing.
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