Three is a
significant number in the Ancient Classics such as the Analects and the Book of
Changes. As a matter of fact mathematics are significant in all of it. Binary
numbers are shown to be associated with the eight trigrams as follows:
1. Heaven =
111
2. Lake =
110
3. Fire =
101
4. Thunder
= 100
5. Wind =
011
6. Water =
010
7. Mountain
= 001
8. Earth =
000
When you
want to see balance you would then associate 1 & 8, 2 & 5, 3 & 6,
and 4 & 7. One of the more significant pairings is no. 1 & 8, which are
Heaven and Earth. The combination of these two forces or non-forces is held to
produce the complete human being. (you find this referenced in the first tome
of the ken-po goku-i of Isshinryu)
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