What does the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes mean?

The gossip people often say is: dry, Kun, shock, smoke, Kan, Li, Gen and Hui.

Gankun earthquake

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Likan Gendui

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Dry for the sky, Kun for the earth, earthquake for thunder, sorrow for the wind, ridge for water, separation for fire, root for the mountain, and change for peace.