Eight Trigrams Basic Table (with Pinyin)

Eight Trigrams Song

This mnemonic verse describes the hexagram shapes of the Eight Trigrams through imagery. "Qian San Lian" refers to the Qian hexagram, where all three lines are unbroken yang lines, depicted as three continuous long lines. "Kun Liu Duan" refers to the Kun hexagram, where all three lines are broken yin lines, depicted as six short lines with breaks in the middle. "Zhen Yang Yu" describes the Zhen hexagram, whose shape resembles an upward-facing yu vessel used for holding items. [A yu is an ancient open-mouthed container.] "Gen Fu Wan" describes the Gen hexagram, whose shape resembles an overturned bowl. "Li Zhong Xu" refers to the Li hexagram, whose middle line is broken, creating an empty, discontinuous center. "Kan Zhong Man" refers to the Kan hexagram, whose middle line is an unbroken, solid long line. "Dui Shang Que" refers to the Dui hexagram, whose top line is a broken yin line with a gap in the middle. "Xun Xia Duan" refers to the Xun hexagram, whose bottom line is a broken yin line with a gap in the middle.

Chinese Name: Eight Trigrams Verse
Category: Folk Rhyme
Verse Content:
Qian San Lian (Heaven), Kun Liu Duan (Earth);
Zhen Yang Yu (Thunder), Gen Fu Wan (Mountain);
Li Zhong Xu (Fire), Kan Zhong Man (Water);
Dui Shang Que (Lake), Xun Xia Duan (Wind).

Notes on Uncommon Characters:
(1) 【盂】Pronunciation: yú, second tone. A yu is an open-mouthed vessel for holding liquids.
(2) 【艮】Pronunciation: gèn, fourth tone. Meaning: One of the Eight Trigrams.
(3) 【覆】Pronunciation: fù, fourth tone. Meaning: Turned upside down.
(4) 【巽】Pronunciation: xùn, fourth tone. Xun is one of the Eight Trigrams, symbolizing wind.

| Number | Trigram Name | Pinyin | Symbol | Natural Element | 3-Line Structure (Bottom to Top) | Mnemonic Association | |--------|--------------|--------|--------|-----------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------| | 0 | Kun | Kūn | ☷ | Earth | Yin Yin Yin (All Broken) | Flat earth, three even lines | | 1 | Gen | Gèn | ☶ | Mountain | Yang Yin Yang (Solid top/bottom) | Peak towering, Yang atop Yin | | 2 | Kan | Kǎn | ☵ | Water | Yin Yang Yin (Solid middle) | Water flows, Yang between Yin| | 3 | Xun | Xùn | ☴ | Wind | Yang Yang Yin (Broken top) | Wind under sky, Yin above Yang| | 4 | Zhen | Zhèn | ☳ | Thunder | Yin Yin Yang (Solid bottom) | Thunder below, Yang beneath Yin| | 5 | Li | Lí | ☲ | Fire | Yang Yin Yang (Broken middle) | Firelight, solid outside | | 6 | Dui | Duì | ☱ | Lake | Yin Yin Yang (Broken top) | Lake surface, Yin over Yang | | 7 | Qian | Qián | ☰ | Heaven | Yang Yang Yang (All solid) | Boundless sky, three solid lines|

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Mnemonic Rhyme

Kun Ling wears a hiking jacket to observe the (Wind) Water, admonishing the third to strangle Li (Departure) Five and the ex-wife of a teammate (Six).

Numerical Association Table (1-64)

| Number | Association | Number | Association | |--------|-------------------------|--------|-------------------------------| | 1 | Tree | 33 | Eagle | | 2 | Goose | 34 | The Thinker | | 3 | Ear | 35 | Three Warriors | | 4 | Flag | 36 | Mountain Deer | | 5 | Hook | 37 | Pheasant | | 6 | Spoon | 38 | Woman | | 7 | Walking Stick | 39 | Three Bottles of Wine | | 8 | Gourd | 40 | Commander | | 9 | Cat (Nine Lives) | 41 | Hostess (Beauty) | | 10 | Baseball | 42 | Persimmon | | 11 | Chopsticks | 43 | Stone Mountain | | 12 | Baby | 44 | Stone Lion | | 13 | Doctor | 45 | Master (Tang Monk) | | 14 | Key | 46 | Pomegranate | | 15 | Moon (Full Moon) | 47 | Driver | | 16 | Young Girl | 48 | Stone Slab | | 17 | Abandoned (Nezha) | 49 | Chairman Mao (Year of Liberation) | | 18 | Getting Rich (Money) | 50 | Martial Arts Leader | | 19 | Medicinal Wine | 51 | Worker | | 20 | Cigarette | 52 | My Son | | 21 | Crocodile | 53 | Five Finger Mountain (Sun Wukong) | | 22 | Conjoined Twins | 54 | Lion Dance | | 23 | Jordan | 55 | Train | | 24 | Starvation (Thin) | 56 | Snail | | 25 | Erhu | 57 | Weapon | | 26 | Idler | 58 | Dance Bar | | 27 | Earphones | 59 | Five-Pointed Star | | 28 | Bully | 60 | Durian | | 29 | Donkey-Hide Gelatin | 61 | Child | | 30 | Mitsubishi Car | 62 | Stove | | 31 | Shark | 63 | Quicksand River | | 32 | Fan | 64 | Willow Twigs |

English translation:

Complete Table of the Sixty-Four Hexagrams (with Pinyin)

| Hexagram Number | Hexagram Name | Pinyin | Symbol | Sequence Number | Mnemonic Association | |------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | The Creative Heaven | Qián wéi tiān | ䷀ Qián | 63 | Boundless sky, three unbroken lines | | 2 | The Receptive Earth | Kūn wéi dì | ䷁ Kūn | 0 | Vast, level earth, three divided lines | | 3 | Difficulty at the Beginning | Zhūn | ䷂ Zhūn | 34 | A big-eared man in the village acts as a thinker | | 4 | Youthful Folly | Méng | ䷃ Méng | 17 | Under the red flag, the ignorant child is Nezha | | 5 | Waiting | Xū | ䷄ Xū | 58 | The hook needs to buy from the dance bar | | 6 | Conflict | Sòng | ䷅ Sòng | 23 | The spoon is missing; suing Jordan | | 7 | The Army | Shī | ䷆ Shī | 16 | The army advisor leaning on a crutch likes young girls | | 8 | Holding Together | Bǐ | ䷇ Bǐ | 2 | The Calabash Brothers are close to the duck | | 9 | Small Taming | Xiǎo Chù | ䷈ Xiǎo Chù | 59 | The piggy bank has saved many five-pointed stars | | 10 | Treading | Lǚ | ䷉ Lǚ | 55 | The baseball player treads onto the train | | 11 | Peace | Tài | ䷊ Tài | 56 | Chopsticks from Mount Tai clamp a snail | | 12 | Standstill | Pǐ | ䷋ Pǐ | 7 | The baby denies not using a crutch | | 13 | Fellowship | Tóng Rén | ䷌ Tóng Rén | 47 | The doctor learns from the driver | | 14 | Great Possession | Dà Yǒu | ䷍ Dà Yǒu | 61 | The medicine spoon greatly helps children | | 15 | Modesty | Qiān | ䷎ Qiān | 8 | Under the moon, a humble person holds a calabash | | 16 | Enthusiasm | Yù | ䷏ Yù | 4 | A young girl goes to Henan to seize the red flag | | 17 | Following | Suí | ䷐ Suí | 38 | Nezha follows the woman | | 18 | Decay | Gǔ | ䷑ Gǔ | 25 | RMB deceives the erhu player | | 19 | Approach | Lín | ䷒ Lín | 48 | Drinking medicinal wine, he approaches standing on a slate| | 20 | Contemplation | Guān | ䷓ Guān | 3 | Smoking a cigarette while observing big ears | | 21 | Biting Through | Shì Kè | ䷔ Shì Kè | 37 | The crocodile bites through the pheasant | | 22 | Grace | Bì | ䷕ Bì | 41 | Conjoined twins are stylish as masters of ceremony | | 23 | Splitting Apart | Bō | ䷖ Bō | 1 | Jordan peels tree bark | | 24 | Return | Fù | ䷗ Fù | 32 | Starving, stomach aches repeatedly, too weak to hold a fan| | 25 | Innocence | Wú Wàng | ䷘ Wú Wàng | 39 | The erhu player is innocent, fined three bottles of wine | | 26 | Great Taming | Dà Chù | ䷙ Dà Chù | 57 | A second-rate person learns weapons through great taming | | 27 | Corners of the Mouth | Yí | ䷚ Yí | 33 | Wearing headphones, visiting the Summer Palace to see an eagle| | 28 | Preponderance of the Great | Dà Guò | ䷛ Dà Guò | 30 | A bully commits a great offense by smashing a Mitsubishi car| | 29 | The Abysmal Water | Kǎn | ䷜ Kǎn | 18 | The Ejiao brand faced hardships, spending a lot of RMB | | 30 | The Clinging Fire | Lí | ䷝ Lí | 45 | The Mitsubishi car leaves to pick up the master | | 31 | Influence | Xián | ䷞ Xián | 14 | The shark eats a salty medicine spoon | | 32 | Duration | Héng | ䷟ Héng | 28 | Zhuge Liang, holding a fan, persistently eliminates bullies| | 33 | Retreat | Dùn | ䷠ Dùn | 15 | The eagle vanishes into the moonlight | | 34 | Great Power | Dà Zhuàng | ䷡ Dà Zhuàng | 60 | The thinker, greatly powerful, eats durian | | 35 | Progress | Jìn | ䷢ Jìn | 5 | Three warriors advance, rewarded with a hook | | 36 | Darkening of the Light| Míng Yí | ䷣ Míng Yí | 40 | The deer's light darkens, removed from commander position | | 37 | The Family | Jiā Rén | ䷤ Jiā Rén | 43 | The pheasant family lives on a rocky mountain | | 38 | Opposition | Kuí | ䷥ Kuí | 53 | The woman stares intently at Sun Wukong | | 39 | Obstruction | Jiǎn | ䷦ Jiǎn | 10 | After three bottles of wine, he struggles and can't play baseball| | 40 | Deliverance | Xiè | ䷧ Xiè | 20 | The commander solves problems while smoking | | 41 | Decrease | Sǔn | ䷨ Sǔn | 49 | The master of ceremony damages her image; Chairman Mao educates her| | 42 | Increase | Yì | ䷩ Yì | 34 | Persimmons nourish the three warriors | | 43 | Breakthrough | Guài | ䷪ Guài | 62 | On the rocky mountain, punish the villain with furnace fire| | 44 | Coming to Meet | Gòu | ䷫ Gòu | 31 | The stone lion meets a shark | | 45 | Gathering Together | Cuì | ䷬ Cuì | 6 | The master has a jade spoon | | 46 | Pushing Upward | Shēng | ䷭ Shēng | 24 | The pomegranate gets promoted and won't starve | | 47 | Oppression | Kùn | ䷮ Kùn | 22 | The driver is trapped; conjoined twins drive the car | | 48 | The Well | Jǐng | ䷯ Jǐng | 28 | At the bottom of the slate well, there's a loafer | | 49 | Revolution | Gé | ䷰ Gé | 46 | Chairman Mao eats pomegranates during the revolution | | 50 | The Cauldron | Dǐng | ䷱ Dǐng | 29 | The martial arts leader says there's Ejiao in the cauldron| | 51 | The Arousing Thunder | Zhèn | ䷲ Zhèn | 36 | The sound of workers starting machines shakes the deer | | 52 | Keeping Still | Gèn | ䷳ Gèn | 9 | My son is good at catching wildcats | | 53 | Development | Jiàn | ䷴ Jiàn | 11 | Sun Wukong gradually learns to use chopsticks | | 54 | The Marrying Maiden | Guī Mèi | ䷵ Guī Mèi | 52 | The lion dancer's younger sister loves my son | | 55 | Abundance | Fēng | ䷶ Fēng | 44 | The train is abundantly loaded with stone lions | | 56 | The Wanderer | Lǚ | ䷸ Lǚ | 13 | The snail travels to find a doctor | | 57 | The Gentle Wind | Xùn | ䷷ Xùn | 27 | Weapons strike the headphones with a gentle wind | | 58 | The Joyous Lake | Duì | ䷹ Duì | 54 | The dance bar hosts a lion dance event | | 59 | Dispersion | Huàn | ䷺ Huàn | 19 | Five-pointed stars scatter in medicinal wine | | 60 | Limitation | Jié | ䷻ Jié | 50 | Durian festival celebrated by the martial arts community | | 61 | Inner Truth | Zhōng Fú | ䷼ Zhōng Fú | 51 | The child's inner truth is well taught by the worker | | 62 | Small Preponderance | Xiǎo Guò | ䷽ Xiǎo Guò | 12 | The furnace roasts a minor offender baby | | 63 | After Completion | Jì Jì | ䷾ Jì Jì | 42 | The monk in quicksand is fulfilled, his robe red like a persimmon| | 64 | Before Completion | Wèi Jì | ䷿ Wèi Jì | 21 | The willow threads are at an impasse; even crocodiles struggle|

Note: Pinyin annotations follow the common pronunciations in the Book of Changes, with polyphonic characters based on their specific readings in hexagram contexts (e.g., "否 Pǐ").