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The legendary first emperor of China (Celestial Empire) Fu Xi (2852—2737 BC) created the first eight trigrams (Kun, Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen), fundamental principles of life.

The trigram consists of three horizontal lines, located one above the other. Each of the lines can be a whole horizontal line” – » (strong line, “nine”, “son”) or a horizontal line interrupted in the middle "– -" (weak line, “six”, “daughter”).

Let’s introduce the digital designation of trigrams, which is convenient for converting numbers from binary to decimal. Let us designate in the trigram the whole horizontal line” – » (“nine”) as “1” (“phallus”), and the horizontal line interrupted in the middle “– -” (“six”) as “0” (“vagina”). In the numerical designation of the trigram, for example “011”, the digit on the left “011” indicates the lower line of the trigram, and the digit on the right “011” indicates the upper line. Then the designation of eight trigrams will look like:

000 (Kun, mother);

111 (Qian, father);

110 (Dui, third daughter);

101 (Li, second daughter);

100 (Zhen, first son);

011 (Xun, first daughter);

010 (Kan, second son);

001 (Gen, third son).

Names of trigrams are given in parentheses.

The eight instances of the psyche, studied in octanalysis, uniquely correspond to the eight trigrams of Fu Xi:

0-Source / Kun, mother;

7-Imagination/Qian, father;

6-Subconscious/Dui, third daughter;

5-Soul/Li, second daughter;

4-Heart/Zhen, first son;

3-Irratio/Xun, first daughter;

2-Ratio/Kan, second son;

1-Mind/Gen, third son.