Derivative 1.震Zhèn, shaking

Derivative 1.震Zhèn, shaking

“ Listen !!! Great claps of thunder that shake the sky !!!
 

 

Since ancient times the Chinese have attributed movements and changes in objects and the “life force”, to the continual balance of two things; positive and negative energy, called respectively Yin and Yang, represented by 太極圖Taijitu the pictogram forTaiji, along with by, bagua 八卦; literally: eight symbols or eight trigrams which are made up of three lines drawn in eight different combinations. Whole lines: representing the positive pole, Yang. Broken lines: representing the negative pole, Yin.

These eight trigrams represent the basis of the Chinese Oracle’s book,易經I Ching  The book of change, which is both the root and the foundations of Chinese culture, in martial arts, medicine, eastern filosophy, everything is ordered and classified according to these aspects. 

In the trigram震卦Zhèn guà its symbol is represented by thunder. Great claps of thunder together with lightening explode from the sky, causing fear, but when it’s over spring arrives from which everything is reborn.

We see the same thing in human existence, even after a great shock we recover from fear and happiness returns.

The Chinese believe deeply that humans are part of nature. Order and harmony are important in the universe and in the human body. We need to respect and consult nature if we want to avoid the arrogance that would lead to disaster.

Translated by Neil Berry