Taoism: Symbols & Images
• - Ying-Yang dyagram is the most
important of all Taoist symbols,
represents the movement of heaven or
the Tao. The small opposing dots in each
area to represent the fact that in all evil
there exists some good, while in all the
good there exists some evil. Also, it
represents dark and bright, night and
day, dry and moist, aggressive and
passive; sun and rain.
• Fu-hsi is the creator of pakua - one of the
Chinese cultural heroes.
• Pakua is the eight triagrams that
constitutes the inner structure of the
sixty-four hexagrams of I-Ching. This
symbol created by Fu-Hsi
• The dragon is one of the Yang symbols,
represents the power, sage or saint
Taoism: Symbols & Images
• The three sages are Buddha,
Confucius and Lao-Tzu. They
represent money, power and
talent.
• The sacred tortoise with pukua
on its back is the symbol of
wisdom and divinatory power.
• Kua is a hexagram formed of
six continuous or
discontinuous lines.
• The I-ching coin is one of the
symbol of Taoism, which three
coins are used to consult the
oracle
Taoism: Numbers of Adherents In The
World & Influence In The 21st Century
• - Membership of Taoism: 2.7
million
• - Percentage of the world
<1%
• “Ki or Vital Energy” training
transforms human energy
into its superhuman or
divine form.
• Today there are more than
200 non-profit International
Chun Do Sun Bup Ki Energy
Centers operated by Korean
and Western Masters who
teach this ancient art in
South Korea, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada and
England.