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A graded Lie algebra \(U=U_{-1}\oplus U_{0}\oplus U_{1}\) with involutive automorphism gives rise to a Jordan triple system (and conversely), which in turn defines two symmetric pairs of Lie algebras, dual to each other. This Jordan approach to symmetric spaces is generalized here as follows. Let \[ U=U_{-2}\oplus U_{-1}\oplus U_{o}\oplus U_{1}\oplus U_{2} \] be a graded Lie algebra with graded involutive automorphism \(\tau \) such that \(\tau (U_{i})=U_{-i}\). Then the bilinear operation \[ \varphi (a,b,c)=[[a,\tau (b)],c], \] for \(a,b,c\in U_{-1}\) provides the space \(U_{-1}\) with a structure of generalized Jordan triple system of second order. Conversely, every such structure can be obtained in this manner. From this structure two bisymmetric triples, dual to each other, can be defined in a natural way; a bisymmetric triple consists of three Lie algebras \({\mathfrak g}\supset {\mathfrak h}\supset {\mathfrak h}_{o}\) such that \(({\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak h})\) and \(({\mathfrak h},{\mathfrak h}_{o})\) are both symmetric pairs. The author describes these structures, with special emphasis on the case of a semisimple Lie algebra \(U\), and a detailed study of the example \[ {\mathfrak g}=so(n+k)\times so(k),\quad {\mathfrak h}=so(n)\times so(k)\times so(k), \quad {\mathfrak h}_{o}=so(n)\times so(k). \] For the entire collection see [Zbl 0897.00027].