Ancient times were also divided into directions. What are the eight directions in ancient times?

The eight directions in ancient times were east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast. This refers to all directions, such as all directions.

First, the source: from "Yi Zhou Shu Juan Si Wu Jie Mi": "Wang Hefen is fierce, salty in all directions, high city like the ground, business like it."

Second, the interpretation of the source: the prince of Wu is amazing, and governors from all directions send troops to respond. If the high city walls are leveled, the people of the Shang Dynasty will completely yield.

Extended data

The concept of ancient eight parties originated from gossip.

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.

In China culture, it, like "Yin-Yang and Five Elements", is a tool to interpret the relationship between various things in world time and space. Each six-pointed star represents something. Dry represents the sky, Kun represents the earth, Xun represents the wind, earthquake represents the thunder, ridge represents the water, far represents the fire, gen represents the mountain, and right represents the ze.

Gossip is like eight infinite invisible big pockets, which put everything in the universe. Eight trigrams are matched with each other to become sixty-four hexagrams, which are used to symbolize various natural phenomena and personnel phenomena and are based on various people and things in today's society; The eight diagrams in traditional Chinese medicine refer to the eight parts around the palm.

Eight diagrams represent some things or orientations in nature, which are: dry (heaven, northwest), Kun (earth, southwest), Xun (wind, southeast), earthquake (thunder, east), Kan (water, north), Li (fire, south), Gen (mountain, northeast) and exchange.

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