Bāguàzhăng
(八卦掌)

Sun Lu-t'ang circle-walking
Also known as	Bāguà quăn, Bāguà zhăng, Pakua chang, Pa-kua chang
Hardness	Internal (nèijiā)
Country of origin	China
Creator	Dong Haichuan 董海川 (attributed)
Olympic sport	No

Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school. It is also one of the three main internal styles, or Neijia. Bāguà zhǎng means "eight trigram palm," according to the trigrams of the Yijing (I Ching), one of the canons of Taoism.^[1]

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• Ba gua—the eight trigrams, used as guiding principles for baguazhang.
• Yijing—the Taoist classic examining the movement of the eight trigrams.
• Feng shui—the metaphysical system of interior design based on the bagua.