- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part One
- Part Two
- The Luo Shu - 3x3 Magic Square
- The Enneagram and the Lo Shu
- 5x5 Magic Square
- 7x7 Magic Square
- 9x9 Magic Square
- 11x11 Magic Square
- 13x13 Magic Square
- Discussion - 13x13 Magic Square
- 15x15 Magic Square
- 17x17 Magic Square
- 19x19 Magic Square
- 21x21 Magic Square
- 23x23 Magic Square
- 25x25 Magic Square
- 27x27 Magic Square
- The Significance of the 27x27 Luo Shu Magic Square
- Part Three
- Bibliography
Links
CHINESE MYTHOLOGY, SYMBOLS AND THE LUO SHU Asianart.com Early Tibetan mandalas demonstrating the use of the Luo Shu.biroco.com Incredible web site on the Yi Jing. Great Links page for researches and interested folks. The 64 hexagrams in Chinese. Excellent glossary. Wavewright.c om A great source for Chinese mythology: Feng Sui, He Tu, Ba Gua, the Luo Shu…Freedictionary.com The well-field system defined with Chinese characters.Chinese-tools.com Chinese tools to look up and translate sinogramsChinese astronomy.com Ancient Chinese mythologyelearning.com Superb video on the Ya shape and royal tombs.electronic journal.com The Enneagram as a Classic 'Double Mandala'Chinese Fortune Calendar Where did the Yin Yang Symbol from the Yi Jing come from? This site gives a nice explanation.
MATHEMATICIANS, ART, AND THE LUO SHU History-St.Andrews.com Biographical information on da Vinci, Pacioli, Fibonacci truman.edu.com Mathematics and the Liberal Arts biroco.com Incredible web site on the Yi Jing. Great links page. The 64 hexagrams in Chinese. Excellent book reviews. the met.com Albrecht Durer and Melancholia I, and the 4x4 Magic Square math.com Holmes Theorem on the 3x3 magic square 13x13 Magic Square Ancient number theories and its relation to magic squares, Tzolkin calendar, and the I Ching. http://nstx.pppl.gov/overview.html Torus applications - governmental research rodin.com Torus applications by Marko Rodin
Yang Hui - Wiki
Construction of the 3x3 Magic Square aka the Luo Shu
Yi Jing Origins, from Gua to Gui
Great web site on the gnomon's role in the Yi Jing, Tai Ji Tu symbol, and the Hexagrams. THE CARPENTER'S SQUARE AND THE COMPASS templestudy.com Chinese mythology and the compass and the square symbology. TLV BRONZE MIRROR, JADE BI DISC, AZTEC CALENDAR historychess.com Interesting site on Chinese ceremonial games, history of chess, great links. Articles on: Pythagoras, the Pyramid, the Mayans, the Quincunx, Math….. CHRISTIANITY, THE QUINCUNX CHURCH DESIGN AND THE LUO SHU virualani.com Church of the Holy Apoostles - quincunx church design example. history.of.christian
art.comExcellent PDF on Heaven, Earth, and the quincunx church design. jesuss880.com Gematria, sacred geometry, and the 6x6 Magic Square of the Sun. ownfineart.com The works of Leonardo Da Vinci, note the church drawings. univofIllinois.com Examples of Fifth century cross in square/quincunx church design. BABYLONIA AND MAGIC SQUARES artype.com Magic Squares used as amulets and talismans on coins. HISTORY OF MAGIC SQUARES ismaili.com Mark Swaney on the history of Magic Squares. cs.utk.edu "An interpreatation on Pythatorean Alchemical Principles" "The Shaped of Turtle" by Susan Allan"
books.google.com "The Magic Square" by Alfred Schinz ANCIENT BOOKBINDING historyofscience.com A chronological database on the history of information. OTHER SITES OF INTEREST magicsquare
encyclopediaThe Encyclopedia of Magic Squares. trump.com Just how many 4x4 magic square combinations are there? 5x5? 6x6? russianaz.org Read about the first Russian alphamagic square! No kidding! daviddarling.com Learn about alphalmagic squares. polyforms.com Read about polyaboloes and triaboloes. mathworld.
wolfram.comMore about triaboloes. taliscope.com Connects the Luo Shu with Feng Shui, Yi Jing, the calendar, the Ba Gua
How to produce 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 MS with the Sudoku method. clarkuniv.edu An outline of the history of Chinese Mathematics. LUO SHU MUSIC amazon.com A compact disc of Luo Shu music by Hans Zender MAGIC SQUARE BLOGS
Lee Burton's Blog Wonderful site on the Lo Shu, Yi Jing, and the Octaves, excellent graphics, great articles, a favorite another Lee Burton blog
great articles and graphics on the Lo Shu Paul Martyn-Smith's web site
Rodins torus, Lo Shu, Yi Jing, binary math, art, much more
the magic square blog
my blog: contests, news, interesting stuff
LUO SHU JEWELRY symbolic.jewelry.com Handcrafted symbolic jewelry.