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Tài Xuán Jīng (Tai Hsuan Ching, Taixuanjing; Chinese: 太玄經, "Canon of Supreme Mystery") is a Chinese text, detailing a divination system — similar to the more commonly known I Ching (Yì Jīng) system — based on a set of 81 tetragrams, composed by the Confucian writer Yáng Xióng (Yang Hsiung; Chinese: 揚雄/扬雄). It has been popularized to some extent in English as The Elemental Changes and The Alternative I Ching.

System

The world of the Tai Xuan Jing is described in terms of the interaction of three forces (as monograms) — tiān (t'ien; 天, "heaven", represented as an unbroken line [⚊]), (ti; 地, "earth", once broken line [⚋]), and rén (jen; 人, "man", twice broken line [𝌀]) — grouped into nine digrams (bigrams), generating the final 81 "shou" tetragrams (quadragrams).

Symbols

Digrams

Tài Xuán Jīng digrams
𝌃 𝌁 𝌂 𝌄 𝌅
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Tetragrams

Tài Xuán Jīng tetragrams
𝌆 𝌇 𝌈 𝌉 𝌊 𝌋 𝌌 𝌍 𝌎
1
Centre
2
Full Circle
3
Mired
4
Barrier
5
Keeping Small
6
Contrariety
7
Ascent
8
Opposition
9
Branching Out
𝌏 𝌐 𝌑 𝌒 𝌓 𝌔 𝌕 𝌖 𝌗
10
Defectiveness or Distortion
11
Divergence
12
Youthfulness
13
Increase
14
Penetration
15
Reach
16
Contact
17
Holding Back
18
Waiting
𝌘 𝌙 𝌚 𝌛 𝌜 𝌝 𝌞 𝌟 𝌠
19
Following
20
Advance
21
Release
22
Resistance
23
Ease
24
Joy
25
Contention
26
Endeavour
27
Duties
𝌡 𝌢 𝌣 𝌤 𝌥 𝌦 𝌧 𝌨 𝌩
28
Change
29
Decisiveness
30
Bold Resolution
31
Packing
32
Legion
33
Closeness
34
Kinship
35
Gathering
36
Strength
𝌪 𝌫 𝌬 𝌭 𝌮 𝌯 𝌰 𝌱 𝌲
37
Purity
38
Fullness
39
Residence
40
Law or Model
41
Response
42
Going to Meet
43
Encounters
44
Stove
45
Greatness
𝌳 𝌴 𝌵 𝌶 𝌷 𝌸 𝌹 𝌺 𝌻
46
Enlargement
47
Pattern
48
Ritual
49
Flight
50
Vastness or Wasting
51
Constancy
52
Measure
53
Eternity
54
Unity
𝌼 𝌽 𝌾 𝌿 𝍀 𝍁 𝍂 𝍃 𝍄
55
Diminishment
56
Closed Mouth
57
Guardedness
58
Gathering In
59
Massing
60
Accumulation
61
Embellishment
62
Doubt
63
Watch
𝍅 𝍆 𝍇 𝍈 𝍉 𝍊 𝍋 𝍌 𝍍
64
Sinking
65
Inner
66
Departure
67
Darkening
68
Dimming
69
Exhaustion
70
Severance
71
Stoppage
72
Hardness
𝍎 𝍏 𝍐 𝍑 𝍒 𝍓 𝍔 𝍕 𝍖
73
Completion
74
Closure
75
Failure
76
Aggravation
77
Compliance
78
On the Verge
79
Difficulties
80
Labouring
81
Fostering


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