The eight hexagrams whose upper trigram is Earth (Kun), the receptive, yielding trigram of pure yin. Grouped from the atlas's own recorded trigram pairing for each hexagram, the traditional King Wen classification by upper trigram.
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1. Wikipedia: I Ching
WikipediaWikipedia I Ching, lead section, origin statement, Earth Upper Trigram
usually translated as the Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics.
Wikipedia I Ching, lead section, era statement, Earth Upper Trigram
The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000-750 BC).
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