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Definition of Trigrams
1. trigram [n] - See also: trigram
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trigrams
Literary usage of Trigrams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by Confucius, James Legge (1899)
"They contemplated the changes in the divided and undivided lines (by the process
of manipulating the stalks), and formed the trigrams; from the movements ..."
2. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1882)
"They contemplated the changes in the divided and undivided lines (by the process
of manipulating the stalks), and formed the trigrams ; from the movements ..."
3. The Natural Philosophy of Chu Hsi (1130-1200) by Yung Sik Kim (2000)
"62 Chu Hsi believed that once the trigrams and hexagrams were drawn up in this
manner, they were viewed as representing various things and events of the ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"The trigrams consisting of three yang lines are called the unalloyed yang, ...
The three sons represented by the trigrams containing only one yang ..."
5. Chinese Thought: An Exposition of the Main Characteristic Features of the by Paul Carus (1907)
"The trigrams consisting of three yang lines are called the unalloyed yang, ...
The three sons are represented by the trigrams containing only one yang; ..."
6. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"From these trigrams and the movements of the heavenly bodies Fuh-hi prepared ...
The eight trigrams are possibly a record of all possible throws with three ..."
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