Line - Kou

Japanese: 爻 - こう

〘Noun〙 Horizontal strokes that make up the hexagrams of the Book of Changes . There are two types, yang lines and yin lines, which are combined to form a hexagram. The Eight Hexagrams are made up of three lines, and the Sixty-Four Hexagrams are made up of a combination of six lines. Counting from bottom to top, the six lines are called the first line, second line, third line, fourth line, fifth line, and top line. ※Shoku Nihongi - Chronicles of Japan, Year 1 of Lingki (715), August Dingchou "Present _two _Lingki , one abbreviated: along _{with two} separate hexagrams, _one at the front _{and two} one-line hexagrams _{at the} rear." ※Shiji Sho (1477), Volume 8 "Alas, when I found this line in my divination, did I discuss it in conjunction with this passage?" [Book of Changes - Jici, Vol. 1]

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Japanese:

〘名〙易(えき)の卦(け)を組み立てている横画。陽爻と陰爻の二種があり、卦はこれを組み合わせて構成される。八卦は三爻、六十四卦は六爻の組合せからなる。六爻は下から上に数えて、初爻・二爻・三爻・四爻・五爻・上爻と称する。※続日本紀‐霊亀元年（715）八月丁丑「献_二霊亀_一〈略〉前脚並有_二離卦_一後脚並有_二一爻_一」※史記抄（1477）八「あわれ筮するに此爻を得たほどに、此辞に合せて論じた歟ぞ」〔易経‐繋辞上〕

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