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" with the moon, cold, the
(2) Corresponds passions,
the ears, that which unites, the divine sovereign.
" "" the out-
(3) Corresponds with the stars, daylight,
ward form, the nose, revolving motion, the
rightful prince.
"
(4) ZZ. — Corresponds with the planets, night, the bodily
frame, the mouth, successive generations, usurping or bel-
ligerent rulers."
The Pa-kiva, in whole or in is to be met
part, frequently
on
with on Chinese ceramics, generally decorated with
pieces
raised
designs.
No. 39. The Tae-keih. Davis, vol. ii. p. 62: "Chinese
philosophers speak of the origin of all created things under the
name of Tae-keih. This is represented in their books by a
which is thus formed : On the semidiameter of a
figure, given
circle describe a semicircle, and on the remaining semi-
diameter, but on the other side, describe another semicircle.
The whole the Tae-Jceih, and the two divided
figure represents
formed what are called the
portions, by the curved line, typify
Yang and Yin, in respect to which, this Chinese mystery bears
a to that fiction of
singular parallel extraordinary Egyptian
mythology, the supposed intervention of a masculo-feminine
in the of the mundane The Tae-
principle development egg.
Jceih is said to have produced the ydng and yin, the active
and or male and female and these last to
passive, principle,
have
produced all things."
The Tae-keih with the round it is
eight diagrams ranged
used as a charm. Doolittle, p. 562 "A representation of the
:
eight diagrams, invented by Fuh-hi, having the great extreme,
or the male and female principles of nature painted on the
centre of the board, or sometimes the centre of the board is
occupied by a concave metal mirror."
"
No. 40. The Swastika ( Wan) (Anderson, p. 75) is a
mystic diagram of wide diffusion and great antiquity. It is
mentioned in the and found in the rock of
Kamayana, temples
India, as well as amongst all the Buddhistic people of Asia,
and, as the emblem of Thor, even among Teutonic races. In
China it is as the of Buddha's heart, i.e. of the
regarded symbol
Esoteric doctrines of Buddhism, and it is the mark of
special
all deities the Lotus school In
worshipped by (Eitel). Japan
it has the same as in the Middle and is
significance Kingdom,