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=__ Symbols from Xiaofeng __=

Bagua
== My partner, Xiaofeng, sent me a symbol of what is called a "**Bagua**". The Bagua is in close relation with the yin and yang philosophy, which in Chinese culture is extremely relative and is practiced as a lifestyle. The yin and yang are derived from Taoist philosophy and they represent balance in all aspects of life. The Yin yang represents balance through complementary opposites that interact within a greater whole, as part of a dynamic system. Xiofeng explained to me that the yin and yang theory is not something that is necessarily thought about and focused on, but a lifestyle one learns to live by and practice habitually. The Bagua specifically are eight diagrams used to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts; these are Heaven, Sky /Lake, Marsh /Fire /Thunder /Wind /Water /Mountain/Earth.