Eight Trigrams

set of eight trigrams used in the I Ching and Taoist cosmology
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Eight Trigrams
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Eight Trigrams

Summary

Eight Trigrams is a non-material culture[1]. It draws 3,211 Wikipedia views per month (non_material_culture category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eight Trigrams's instance of is recorded as non-material culture[3].
  • Eight Trigrams's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
  • Eight Trigrams's instance of is recorded as octad[5].
  • Eight Trigrams's based on is recorded as Four Phases[6].
  • Eight Trigrams is a type of I Ching studies[7].
  • Eight Trigrams is a type of triad[8].
  • Eight Trigrams is part of I Ching[9].
  • Eight Trigrams's Commons category is recorded as Bagua (Taoist cosmology)[10].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises trigram Qian[11].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises duì[12].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises lí[13].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises zhèn[14].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises xùn[15].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises kǎn[16].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises gèn[17].
  • Eight Trigrams comprises kūn[18].
  • Eight Trigrams's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bagua (Taoist cosmology)[19].
  • Eight Trigrams's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[20].
  • Eight Trigrams's topic has template is recorded as Template:Trigram[21].
  • Eight Trigrams's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '八卦'}[22].
  • Eight Trigrams's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'bát quái'}[23].
  • Eight Trigrams's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '八卦'}[24].
  • Eight Trigrams's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '팔괘'}[25].
  • Eight Trigrams's indigenous to is recorded as China[26].
  • Eight Trigrams's derivative work is recorded as I Ching hexagram[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include non-material culture[3], concept[4], and octad[5]. Recorded subclass of include I Ching studies[7] and triad[8].

Use and Application

Components include trigram Qian[11], a concept[28]; duì[12]; lí[13]; zhèn[14]; xùn[15]; and kǎn[16]. Eight Trigrams is part of I Ching[9].

Influence

Things named for Eight Trigrams include Order of the Palgwae[29], a state order[30], in Korean Empire[31], founded in 1901[32].

Why It Matters

Eight Trigrams draws 3,211 Wikipedia views per month (non_material_culture category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Order of the Palgwae[29], a state order[30], in Korean Empire[31], founded in 1901[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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