Jiezi, classified Chinese characters into six categories (Chinese: 六書 liùshū, Japanese: 六書 rikusho). The traditional classification is still taught but is...

first to introduce the "swirling" variant of the taijitu in his Liushu benyi (六書本義, 1370s). The diagram is combined with the eight trigrams (bagua) and called...

(Song about how the Eight Trigrams Obtained Their Images), quote:「☰乾三連，☷坤六斷，☳震仰盂，☶艮覆碗，☲離中虛，☵坎中滿，☱兌上缺，☴巽下斷。」 "Understanding Bagua sequence" (December...

Characters are traditionally classified according to a system of six categories (六書; liùshū; 'six writings') according to the apparent strategy used to create...

(jiě 'separate', 'analyze') the zì. Although the "six principles" (liùshū 六書) of character classification had been mentioned by earlier authors, Xu Shen's...

compiled c. 100 CE by Xu Shen. It divided characters into six categories (六書; liùshū) according to what he thought was the original method of their creation...

University of California Press. ISBN 978-1-55729-070-0. Li Xiaoding (李孝定) (1968). 從六書的觀點看甲骨文字 [Looking at Shell and Bone Inscriptions From the Point of View of...

traditional classification for Chinese characters, this is called lục thư (六書, Chinese: liùshū), meaning six types of Chinese characters. The characters...

Bagua diagram from Zhao Huiqian's (趙撝謙) Liushu benyi (六書本義, c. 1370s)....

analysis, developing a categorisation scheme known as the 'six writings' (六书; 六書; liùshū), which identifies every character with one of six categories that...