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Picture 1. The best-known version of the Taiji tu.
Picture 2. “Chart of the Ultimateless” (“Wuji tu”). Source: Wenchang dadong xianjing zhu (Commentary to the Immortal Book of the Great Cavern by Wenchang).
Picture 3. “Chart of the Division of the Great Ultimate” (“Taiji fenpan tu”). Source: Jindan dayao tu (Great Essentials of the Golden Elixir: Charts).
Picture 4. “Chart of the Transformations of Yin and Yang” (“Yinyang bianhua tu”). Source: Daofa xinzhuan (Heart-to-Heart Transmission of Taoist Rites).
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