What does it mean to say that gossip is retrograde?

There are two meanings:

Refers to a set of symbols in ancient China, consisting of three long paintings or eight patterns of broken paintings, which are used for divination and symbol in China and Japan;

Another meaning comes from modern buzzwords, that is, informal and uncertain star news or entertainment news.

Bagua is an abstruse concept in Taoist culture in China, and it is a set of metaphysical philosophical symbols composed of four groups of Yin and Yang. His profound philosophy explains natural and social phenomena.

In the entertainment circle, gossip refers to informal, gossip or news. Usually, being a star means gossiping everywhere. The original meaning of "gossip" in Cantonese is to tell right and wrong and rap everywhere. In order to attract readers, entertainment news and paparazzi dig up the privacy of stars everywhere, so the news dug up in this way is called "gossip news" On the other hand, it seems that it can be traced back to further places.

Extended data:

According to historical records, the formation of gossip originated from the river map and Luo Shu. It was invented by Fuxi, the leader of the three emperors and five emperors. Fu began to draw gossip in Guatai Mountain, Tianshui, which opened the sky. Gossip represents the yin and yang system of things' own changes, "one" represents yang, and "-"represents yin. These two symbols are combined in parallel according to the changes of yin and yang in nature to form eight different forms, which are called eight diagrams. Gossip is actually the earliest written expression symbol.

The original meaning of "gossip" in Cantonese is to gossip everywhere. On the other hand, it seems that it can be traced back further and can better reflect the spirit of gossip: the origin of the name "gossip magazine" is that when pornographic books and periodicals were published in Hong Kong in the early years, the extremely cool and eye-catching photos on the cover would be affixed with gossip pictures in key parts, which is similar to the mosaic effect, and this kind of magazine reporting the private lives of stars was named, and the word "gossip" even derived adjectives and verbs from nouns.

References:

Bagua (Taoist concept) Baidu Encyclopedia Bagua (entertainment language) Baidu Encyclopedia