Meta: This page follows a discussion on the numerological foundations of ritual dance, specifically the numbers nine and six representing Heaven and Earth. This diagram provides the cosmic blueprint for those relationships, illustrating how the metaphysical "Supreme Ultimate" manifests through the physical world via musical pitches, moral virtues, and the three realms of existence.

Diagram of the Primordial Energy of the Supreme Ultimate

This diagram illustrates the cosmological correspondence between the Taiji (the Supreme Ultimate or the source of all existence), the Three Powers (Heaven, Man, and Earth), the Four Virtues of Confucian ethics, and the twelve musical pitches (十二律) which regulate the harmony of the universe.

original: "Li" (禮); also translated as Propriety or Decorum

original: "Ruibin" (蕤賓); the 7th pitch

original: "Zhonglü" (中呂), 6th pitch; "Linzhong" (林鍾), 8th pitch

**Heaven**

original: "Guxian" (姑洗), 5th pitch; "Yize" (夷則), 9th pitch

Benevolence

Man Righteousness
original: "Ren" (仁), "Jiazhong" (夾鍾, 4th pitch), "Nanlü" (南呂, 10th pitch), "Yi" (義)

Earth

original: "Taicu" (太簇), 3rd pitch; "Wuyi" (無射), 11th pitch

original: "Dalu" (大呂), 2nd pitch; "Yingzhong" (應鍾), 12th pitch

original: "Huangzhong" (黃鍾); the foundational first pitch

original: "Zhi" (知); often used for Wisdom (智)