Zhou Dunyi's Taijitu shuo, the Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Polarity, is an eleventh century primary text with no modern publisher and no single publication year the atlas can honestly assign; it survives through transmission rather than a dated edition. Its strength is that it is the actual primary source establishing that the famous early diagram of the supreme polarity is a stack of concentric bands, not the modern interlocking teardrop figure often mistaken for it. Its limit is the ordinary one for reading a transmitted classical text without a named modern critical edition behind this record: which manuscript tradition underlies a given quotation from it is not established here.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Zhou Dunyi's eleventh century Taijitu shuo, the top tier reflecting that it is the actual primary source establishing the diagram's original form as a stack of concentric bands. Its limit is the ordinary one for a transmitted classical text with no named modern critical edition behind this record: which manuscript tradition underlies a given quotation is not established here. NotesEleventh century. Cited to establish that the famous early diagram of the supreme polarity is a stack of concentric bands and is not the modern interlocking-teardrop figure. No year established.
Citation
AuthorZhou Dunyi
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Religious Symbols, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.