The eight hexagrams whose upper trigram is Heaven (Qian), the creative trigram of pure yang. 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, Heaven 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, Heaven Upper Trigram
The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000-750 BC).
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