Eight Trigrams Basic Table (with Pinyin)

Eight Trigrams Song

This mnemonic verse describes the forms of the Eight Trigrams through imagery. "Qian Three Unbroken" refers to the Qian trigram, where all three lines are yang (solid), depicted as three continuous long lines. "Kun Six Broken" indicates the Kun trigram, where all three lines are yin (broken), represented by six short, segmented lines. "Zhen Facing-Up Bowl" describes the Zhen trigram, which resembles a bowl facing upward, used for holding things. ["Bowl" here refers to an ancient open-mouthed vessel.] "Gen Overturned Bowl" depicts the Gen trigram as an upside-down bowl. "Li Hollow Center" means the middle line of the Li trigram is broken, creating a hollow center. "Kan Full Center" indicates the middle line of the Kan trigram is an unbroken, solid line. "Dui Broken Top" refers to the top line of the Dui trigram, which is a broken yin line. "Xun Broken Bottom" describes the bottom line of the Xun trigram as a broken yin line.

Chinese Name: Eight Trigrams Verse
Category: Rhyme
Verse Content:
Qian Three Unbroken (Heaven), Kun Six Broken (Earth);
Zhen Facing-Up Bowl (Thunder), Gen Overturned Bowl (Mountain);
Li Hollow Center (Fire), Kan Full Center (Water);
Dui Broken Top (Lake), Xun Broken Bottom (Wind).

Uncommon Character Notes:
(1) [盂] Pronunciation: yú, second tone. A bowl 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 | Hexagram Name | Pinyin | Symbol | Natural Element | Triple Line Structure (Bottom to Top) | Mnemonic Association | |--------|---------------|--------|--------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | 0 | Kun | Kūn | ☷ | Earth | Yin Yin Yin (All Broken) | Flat earth, three evenly divided lines | | 1 | Gen | Gèn | ☶ | Mountain | Yang Yin Yang (Solid top/middle void, solid bottom) | Mountain peak towering, yang pressing on two yin | | 2 | Kan | Kǎn | ☵ | Water | Yin Yang Yin (Solid middle, void top/bottom) | Water flowing through, one yang trapped between two yin | | 3 | Xun | Xùn | ☴ | Wind | Yang Yang Yin (Broken bottom) | Wind moving under heaven, two yang supporting one yin | | 4 | Zhen | Zhèn | ☳ | Thunder | Yin Yin Yang (Void top, solid middle/bottom) | Thunder stirring beneath, two yin covering one yang | | 5 | Li | Lí | ☲ | Fire | Yang Yin Yang (Void middle, solid top/bottom) | Firelight shining, solid outside, void inside | | 6 | Dui | Duì | ☱ | Lake | Yin Yin Yin (Gap at the top) | Lake surface open, one yin covering two yang | | 7 | Qian | Qián | ☰ | Heaven | Yang Yang Yang (All Connected) | Boundless sky, three continuous lines |

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Mnemonic Rhyme

Kun Ling wears mountaineering clothes to observe the (wind) water, admonishing the third to strangle Li (departure) five and the ex-wife of the teammate (six).

Numeric 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 | Mountain 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 |

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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 flat land, three divided lines | | 3 | Difficulty at the Beginning | Zhūn | ䷂ Zhūn | 34 | A big-eared person acts as a thinker in the village | | 4 | Youthful Folly | Méng | ䷃ Méng | 17 | Under the red flag, the ignorant child is Nezha | | 5 | Waiting | Xū | ䷄ Xū | 58 | A hook needs to be bought at the dance bar | | 6 | Conflict | Sòng | ䷅ Sòng | 23 | The spoon is missing, suing Jordan | | 7 | The Army | Shī | ䷆ Shī | 16 | The cane-holding strategist likes young girls | | 8 | Holding Together | Bǐ | ䷇ Bǐ | 2 | The Calabash Brothers bond with ducks | | 9 | Small Taming | Xiǎo Chù | ䷈ Xiǎo Chù | 59 | The piggy bank saved many five-pointed stars | | 10 | Treading | Lǚ | ䷉ Lǚ | 55 | A baseball player treads onto the train | | 11 | Peace | Tài | ䷊ Tài | 56 | Chopsticks from Mount Tai pick up snails | | 12 | Standstill | Pǐ | ䷋ Pǐ | 7 | A baby denies not using a cane | | 13 | Fellowship | Tóng Rén | ䷌ Tóng Rén | 47 | A doctor learns from a driver | | 14 | Great Possession | Dà Yǒu | ䷍ Dà Yǒu | 61 | The medicine spoon greatly helps children | | 15 | Modesty | Qiān | ䷎ Qiān | 8 | A humble person holds a gourd under the moon | | 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 | The one drinking medicinal wine arrives standing on a slate | | 20 | Contemplation | Guān | ䷓ Guān | 3 | Smoking a cigarette while observing big ears | | 21 | Biting Through | Shì Kè | ䷔ Shì Kè | 37 | A crocodile bites through a pheasant | | 22 | Grace | Bì | ䷕ Bì | 41 | Conjoined twins act 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 to use weapons | | 27 | Nourishment | Yí | ䷚ Yí | 33 | Wearing headphones to see eagles at the Summer Palace | | 28 | Great Exceeding | 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 | A shark eats a salty medicine spoon | | 32 | Duration | Héng | ䷟ Héng | 28 | Zhuge Liang, holding a fan, persistently eliminates bullies | | 33 | Retreat | Dùn | ䷠ Dùn | 15 | An 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 dims, removed from the commander post | | 37 | The Family | Jiā Rén | ䷤ Jiā Rén | 43 | The pheasant family lives on a stone mountain | | 38 | Opposition | Kuí | ䷥ Kuí | 53 | A woman stares intently at Sun Wukong | | 39 | Obstruction | Jiǎn | ䷦ Jiǎn | 10 | Drinking three bottles of wine makes it hard to play baseball | | 40 | Deliverance | Xiè | ䷧ Xiè | 20 | The commander smokes while solving problems | | 41 | Decrease | Sǔn | ䷨ Sǔn | 49 | The master of ceremony's image is damaged, Chairman Mao educates her | | 42 | Increase | Yì | ䷩ Yì | 34 | Persimmons nourish the three warriors | | 43 | Breakthrough | Guài | ䷪ Guài | 62 | On the stone 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 | A pomegranate promoted won't starve | | 47 | Oppression | Kùn | ䷮ Kùn | 22 | The driver is trapped, conjoined twins drive | | 48 | The Well | Jǐng | ䷯ Jǐng | 28 | A rogue is at the bottom of the slate well | | 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 | Gradual Progress | 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 filled with stone lions | | 56 | The Wanderer | Lǚ | ䷸ Lǚ | 13 | A snail travels to find a doctor | | 57 | The Gentle Wind | Xùn | ䷷ Xùn | 27 | Weapons strike headphones with 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 disperse in medicinal wine | | 60 | Limitation | Jié | ䷻ Jié | 50 | Durian festival celebrated by martial arts community | | 61 | Inner Truth | Zhōng Fú | ䷼ Zhōng Fú | 51 | Children's inner truth (sincerity and love) taught well by workers | | 62 | Small Exceeding | 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, robe red like persimmon | | 64 | Before Completion | Wèi Jì | ䷿ Wèi Jì | 21 | Willow threads at an impasse, even crocodiles struggle |

Note: Pinyin annotations follow the standard pronunciations used in the Book of Changes, with polyphonic characters adopting the specific readings for hexagrams (e.g., "否 Pǐ").