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Here we posted several well-known Taoist symbols. Some of these symbols are borrowed from the I-ching. More about several symbols may be found by reading the articles related to them. |
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Yin-Yang dyagram - the most important Taoist symbol related to the Tao. |
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Pa-kua - the eight trigrams - the basic building elements of I-ching hexagrams (click to enlarge) |
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The I-ching coin - three coins are used to consult the oracle |
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Kua - also called hexagram, made of six continuous or/and broken lines. |
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Fu-hsi - the Chinese cultural hero, the creator of eight pa-kua (click to enlarge) |
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The sacred tortoise - symbol of immortality - with pa-kua on its back. |
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The Dragon, symbol of the Yang power or the Sage. |
The three sages - Buddha, Confucius and Lao-tzu (click to enlarge) |
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Wang-Wu or the ten-thousand graph, meaning all the creatures and things in the Universe |
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Te - usually translated characteristics, virtue or power (of Tao) - graph |
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