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What is the meaning of the symbols in the corners of the page?
These are from the I Ching, a Chinese system of divination which dates back as far as 5000 B.C.
They are the two hexagrams formed by the trigrams for the heavenly or celestial and the earth.
QIAN (being creative, Heaven, having a tendency to go up) consists of three solid lines.
KUN (being receptive, Earth, having a tendency to go down) consists of the three broken lines.
The two possible combinations produce quite different results.
In Phî, the 12th hexagram, the creative heaven is above the receptive earth,
and is known as STANDSTILL. The creative powers are moving in opposite directions and cannot meet.
Yin does not meet with Yang, there will come a misfortune or trouble.
"In Phî there is the want of good understanding between the (different classes of) men,
and its indication is unfavourable to the firm and correct
course of the superior man. We see in it the great gone and the little come." (1)
The other possiblity is the 11th hexagram Thâi PEACE. The receptive earth above moves down, the creative heaven below moves up and
their influences meet and are in harmony.
"In Thâi (we see) the little gone and the great come. (It indicates that)
there will be good fortune, with progress and success."(1)
"Heaven and Earth unite: the image of PEACE.
1) The I Ching, James Legge, tr. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16 [1899]
Thus the ruler divides and completes the course of heaven and earth;
He furthers and regulates the gifts of heaven and earth,
And so aids the people.”(2)
2) The I Ching or Book of Changes by C.F. Baynes (Editor), R. Wilhelm (Translator), Cary F. Baynes