The God / Founder Of Bagua
(八卦祖师)

The Symbol of BA-GUA (八卦) represents TAOISM. Many people have seen the Yin-Yang and Ba-Gua Symbols but yet still have no idea who had created it and when it was created.

 Primordial Bagua (先天八卦)


(八卦祖师 / 伏羲大帝)

In Taoist Religion, Fu Xi (伏羲) is revered as The Creater / Master / Patriarch / God / Deity Of Ba-Gua (八卦祖师 / 伏羲大帝 - Ba-Gua Zu Shi / Fu Xi Da Di).

In Chinese mythology, Fu Xi (伏羲), also known as Paoxi (庖牺), reigned during the mid-29th century BCE. He was the first of the Three Sovereigns (三皇 Sānhuáng) of ancient China.

Biography of Fu-Xi (伏羲)
Fu Xi was born on the lower-middle reaches of the Yellow River in a place called Chengji (possibly modern Lantian, Shaanxi or Tianshui, Gansu).

The Chinese traditionally believed that Fuxi could assume dragon form. Fuxi supposedly had the body of a serpent, and the first dragon was said to have appeared to him in 2962 B.C.E.

According to legend the land was swept by a great flood and only Fuxi and his sister Nüwa survived. They retired to Kunlun Mountain where they prayed for a sign from the Emperor of Heaven. The divine being approved their union and the siblings set about procreating the human race.[3] Fu Xi then came to rule over his decedents although reports of his long reign vary between sources from 115 years (B.C.E. 2852-2737) to 116 years (B.C.E. 2952-2836).

Tomb of Fuxi (伏羲

Fuxi lived for 197 years and died at a place called ChenWan Qiu (陈宛丘) - (淮阳,河南 - modern Huaiyang, Henan) where his mausoleum can still be found.

The tomb of Fuxi has been worshipped for thousands of years in Huaiyang county, in central China's Henan province. The tomb existed there as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, approximately 3,000 years ago. Buildings and plants have been arranged in a giant compound to reflect the Eight Trigrams. Visitors to Fuxi's tomb never miss the hole. It is an ancient tradition for women worshipers to rub their fingers in a hole in the cornerstone of the Xianren Hall, in hopes of being blessed with a happy marriage and healthy children. According to ancient legends, the tomb is on the site where Fuxi gathered young men and women to decide on their marriage.



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Fu-Xi (伏羲) and The Ba-Gua(八卦)
Fu Xi (伏羲) discovered the HeTu (河图)- "Yellow River Chart" on the back of a mythical dragon-horse that emerged from the Luo River (洛河). The HeTu(河图) that Fu-Xi discovered inspired him to create the Ba-Gua, known as Primordial Bagua (先天八卦 - Xian Tian Ba Gua). This arrangement of Primordial Bagua (先天八卦 - Xian Tian Ba Gua) preceded the compilation of the I Ching by King Wen of Zhou (周文王) (1152 – 1056 BC) during the Zhou dynasty.

The creation of Eight Trigrams - Ba-Gua (八卦) has enabled Chinese people to understand changes in their world and in the heavens, and the importance of obeying the will of Heaven. In this regard, Chinese people came to worship Heaven and nature with infinite respect, and to understand that their culture was a gift from the gods and a manifestation of certain features of divine culture.

With the assistance of FuXi and other sages, the quality of life of the ancient Chinese improved. They became better able to cope with nature and established norms for human behavior. In this way, the inexperienced and guileless Chinese gradually made a way of life for themselves, and their society entered the early stages of civilization.

64 Hexagrams, known as I-ching, was expanded by 8x8 of the Trigrams of Ba-Gua. Bua-Ga (八卦) and  I-Ching (易经) had influenced  the Metaphysics, Science and Culture of the Chinese.

As the creator of Eight Trigrams (八卦), which form the basis for the philosophy in the Book of Changes (I Ching), Fuxi (伏羲) has been revered by Chinese scholars as the originator of the I Ching (易经).

In Chinese folks belief, he is the Deity who is in-charge of Spiritual Skills.

Other Contributions Of Fu Xi (伏羲) To Chinese People

- Introduced Cooking Food Over Fire
- Hunt with weapons made of iron
- Make nets to catch fish
- Domesticate animals (养六畜,以充庖厨) & Poultry
- Created "Nine Needles" (九针) and developed Acupuncture
- Instituted marriage in Chinese society
- Created “Shu Qi,” (书契) - A system of carving characters on wood to replace the previous record keeping through knot tying.
- Sericiculture (cultivation of silk worms) and the weaving of threads from silkworm cocoons into textiles
- Built Six Decades Calender (Calender Of Sixty Years Cycle) - Jia-Zi Calender ( 甲子历法 )
- Fixed 24 Solar Terms (二十四节气)
- Created a harp musical instrument - Qin-Se (琴瑟)
- NuWa invented the Gui(规) - Measuring Compass and Fu-Xi invented Jǔ(矩尺) - (曲尺 Qu Chi / Carpenter's Square). When 2 words put together - Guī Jǔ(规矩) - To be well-behaved, well disciplined; Follow Rules, Customs, Regulation.

In this way, the productivity and live of the people greatly improved.

REMEMBER AND WORSHIP BA-GUA ZU SHI / FU XI DA DI (八卦祖师 / 伏羲大帝)

BA-GUA (八卦) served as the basis for Ancient Chinese Mathematics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Divination , Chinese Geomancy , Chinese Martial Arts and as clues to the secrets of creation such as the evolution of nature and its cyclic changes...

Whether You are a Chinese or a Western Folk who happened to see the Ba-Gua, or studying / learning / practising Taoist Religion, Taoist Martial Arts - Ba-Gua Zhang / Tai-Chi , Feng Shui , TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) , I-Ching / Zhou Yi...  always remember FU-XI (伏羲) - TH BA-GUA  ZU SHI / FU XI DA DI (八卦祖师 / 伏羲大帝) - The ORIGINATOR / CREATOR OF BA-GUA (八卦).

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The Taoist Symbol - The Power Of Bagua (八卦)

The Bagua (八卦) are eight trigrams used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts.

Bagua (八卦) represents the thoughts of Chinese philosophy. Besides the Art Of Chinese Divination and Feng Shui, the impact of using Bagua (八卦) concept involved Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Martial Arts, Chinese Music and other aspects of Chinese Culture.

The relationships between the trigrams are represented in two arrangements:
  • The Primordial Bagua (先天八卦)
  • The Manifested Bagua (後天八卦)
The Primordial Bagua (先天八卦)
Also known as "Earlier Heaven" or "Fuxi" Bagua (伏羲八卦)


The trigrams on Primordial Bagua (先天八卦 - Xian Tian Bagua) is symmetrical by forming exact contrary pairs. They symbolize the opposite forces of Yin and Yang and represent an ideal state, when everything is in balance. This arrangement based ONLY on the equilibrium between Heaven and the Universe. It did not take into the consideration the on the changes of the environmental conditions and the elements became hostile.

Primordial Bagua (先天八卦) is mainly used in:
- Taoist Talismans / Sorcery / Rituals/
- Taoist Exorcism
- Taoist Temples
- Taoist Black Command Flag
- Bagua Mirrors
- Feng Shui Analysis for burial sites

THE CREATION OF XIAN_TIAN BA-GUA (先天八卦)
Fuxi (伏羲, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi) is one of the 3 Sovereigns of the ancient period of the "3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors" of China (2850 - 2200 BC). He discovered the HeTu(河图)- "Yellow River Chart" on the back of a mythical dragon-horse that emerged from the Luo River (洛河).

The HeTu(河图) Fu-Xi discovered inspired him to create the Ba-Gua, known as Primordial Bagua (先天八卦). Primordial Bagua (先天八卦) is derived from HeTu (河图).

HeTu (河图)

Fuxi's Definition Of Ba-Gua: 
 The Limitless (Wuji) produces the delimited, and this is the Absolute (Taiji)
The Taiji produces two forms, named yin and yang
The two forms produce four phenomena, named lesser yin, great yin (taiyin also means the Moon), lesser yang, great yang (taiyang also means the Sun).
The four phenomena act on the eight trigrams (bagua), eight eights are sixty-four hexagrams.

无极生有极,有极是太极,太极生两仪(即阴阳),两仪生四象(即少阳,太阳,少阴,太阴),四象演八卦,八八六十四卦”,此为伏羲八卦,也叫先天八卦

The Manifested Bagua (後天八卦)
- Also known as "Later Heaven" or "King Wen" Bagua (文王八卦)


The arrangement of the trigrams on "King Wen" Bagua (文王八卦) describes the patterns of the environmental changes. "King Wen" Bagua (文王八卦) depicts an evolving and ever-changing universe. It describes the world where time and matter interact and exert their influence upon the living. It also describes the cycle of movement that allows progress.

"King Wen" Bagua (文王八卦) is mainly used in:
- Feng Shui Analysis for residential sites
- The sequence used by the Luo Pan (Feng Shui Compass) in Feng Shui for residential sites
- Chinese Astrology
- Chinese Divination
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Acupuncture
- Chinese Architecture

The CREATION OF HOU TIAN BA-GUA (後天八卦)
Yu the Great (大禹 c. 2200 - 2100 BC) was a legendary ruler in ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control, inaugurating dynastic rule in China by founding the Xia Dynasty, and for his upright moral character.

According to legend, Emperor Yu was sitting by the banks of Luo River (洛河) when a giant tortoise emerged from the river. Inscribed on its huge back were circular dots of black and white markings which made up a perfect 3 X 3 nine-grid pattern , known as the Luo Shu (洛书) diagram.

King Wen of Zhou (周文王) (1152 – 1056 BC) was king of Zhou during the late Shang dynasty in ancient China. He  modified FuXi's Primordial Bagua (先天八卦) according to the Luo Shu (洛书) and the new arrangement became known as the  Manifested Bagua (後天八卦  - Hou Tian Ba Gua).

Luo Shu (洛书)

King Wen's Definition Of Ba-Gua:
When the world began, there was heaven and earth. Heaven mated with the earth and gave birth to everything in the world. Heaven is Qian-gua, and the Earth is K'un-gua. The remaining six guas are their sons and daughters

周文王的乾坤学说,他认为先有天地,天地相交而生成万物,天即乾,地即坤,八卦其余六卦皆为其子女:震为长男,坎为中男,艮(读音:gèn)为少男;巽(读音:xùn)为长女,离为中女,兑为少女,是为文王八卦,又称后天八卦。

BAGUA AND I-CHING - THE BINARY SYSTEM OF ANCIENT CHINA

The three lines on the 8 corners of BAGUA (八卦) are either "Broken" or "Solid", representing Yin (Negative) or Yang (Positive). In mathematics and computer science, the binary numeral system, or base-2 numeral system, represents numeric values using two symbols: typically 0 (Negative) and 1 (Positive).

The discovery of modern binary number system was often credited to Wilhelm Von Leibuiz (1646-1716) , by the Western Science. Leibniz was first introduced to the I Ching (64 Hexagrams derived from the 2 Baguas Combined) through his contact with the French Jesuit Joachim Bouvet, who visited China in 1685 as a missionary.

Leibniz interpreted the hexagrams as evidence of binary calculus. The text contains a set of eight trigrams (Bagua) and a set of 64 hexagrams ("sixty-four" gua), analogous to the three-bit and six-bit binary numerals, were in use at least as early as the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China.

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5 Arts of Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学) - Wu Shu (五 术)

Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学) are divided into 5 subjects of studies, call Wu Shu (五 术) or the Five Arts. They are:

1) Mountain 山 (Also known as The Alchemy of Immortals (仙)
2) Medicine 医
3) Life 命
4) Appearance 相
5) Divination 扑

1) Mountain (山 - Shan) / The Alchemy of Immortals (仙)
It is known as "Mountain (山 - Shan)" - meaning Knowledge and Skills are learned and trained in the Mountains, because in ancient time, a person need to go up to the mountain to receive such knowledge. Studies that fall under this art includes diet, physical health, martial arts, meditation and self-healing. Taoist Sorcery, Taoist Rituals and Taoist Talismans belongs to Mountain (山) / The Alchemy of Immortals (仙).

Important!:
Many  people (Chinese folks included)  thought  "Mountain (山 - Shan)" of Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学)  means the "The Study  of shape and formations of Mountains" and then mistook Feng Shui (风水) belongs to "Study Of Mountain (山 - Shan)", which is wrong.  "Mountain (山 - Shan)"  of Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学) means "Knowledge and Skills are learned  and trained in the Mountains (in ancient China)". Feng Shui (风水)  belongs to the Study of Appearance/Physiognomy (相 - Xiang).

2) Medicine (医 - Yi)
Art Of Healing. It includes all form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture (鍼灸) , Medical Prescriptions (方剂) and Soul Healing(灵治).

3) Life (命 - Ming)
The Chinese Art of Destiny Analysis (命) or fate. It includes Four Pillars and Eight Characters (子平八字 - Zi Ping Ba Zi ) and Purple Star Astrology (紫微斗数 - Zi Wei Dou Shu).

4) Appearance (相 - Xiang)
The Chinese Study of Appearance/Physiognomy (相) which refers to the study of forms, meaning the study of good or bad of a form. The 2 well-known examples are Palmistry (Lines on the Palm of Hands) and Face Reading / Mole Reading. Feng Shui belongs to the study of Forms (相 - Xiang) , including Feng Shi for Burial (阴宅 - Yin Zhai) and Feng Shui for the living environment (阳宅 - Yang Zhai). The study of Characters of Chinese Names of a person is also belong to The Chinese Study of Appearance (相 - Xiang).

5) Divination (扑 - Pu)
Prediction and the Yi Jing (易经 - I Ching) feature prominently in this study. Popular study in this art includes Tai Yi (太易), Da Liu Ren (大六壬), Qi Men Dun Jia(奇门盾甲). They rely on numerical analysis to reveal one’s path and future.

5 Arts of Chinese Metaphysics (五术) guided the Chinese people throughout the ages..
The 5 Arts of Chinese Metaphysics (五术) guided the Chinese people throughout the ages. The content of each of the five arts are complex and very difficult to master. As such, practitioners focus in one or two of the five arts (五术) and many only on one of two of the disciplines within the arts.

5 Arts of Chinese Metaphysics (五术) are the biggest gifts from our Chinese Ancestors to all human beings on earth, yet the Westernized Chinese and most English Educated Chinese are looking down upon Ancient Chinese Wisdom (thoughts and teachings of their own ancestors) as superstition.

Many Western Folks are now having keen interest to learn and understand the Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学) but realized that most of all the books of Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学) and courses are written and conducted in Chinese Language and Classical Chinese, which without a good foundation of Chinese Language , they are unable to even learn the Basics