Yin-Yang

Align Right Yin- Yang aka Taiji: 

Religion: Daoism (key belief in Daoism), Buddhism, Chinese Philosophy

·          Yin and yang   are the two opposing and complementary forces that make up all phenomena of life. Both proceed from the Supreme Ultimate and together they represent the process of the universe and all that is in it.

·          According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, "The significance of yin-yang through the centuries has permeated every aspect of Chinese thought, influencing astrology, divination, medicine, art, and government."

·          Yin  is  inferior  whereas Yang is  superior 

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          can be dated back to the Yin Dynasty (about 1400 - 1100 BC) and the Western Zhou Dynasty (1100 - 771 BC).

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          Yinyang is the basis of Zhouyi (Book of Changes), the jing part of which was written during the Western Zhou.

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          Yinyang became popular during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC) and the Warring States (475 - 221 BC).

<p class="MsoNormal">Example:

<p class="MsoNormal">Yin                         Yang

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·           yielding       firm

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·           dark              light

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·           cold               hot

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          water            fire

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·           night              day

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          moon             sun

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          fall-winter    spring-summer

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          north             south

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          earth             heaven

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·           female          male

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          one of the most fundamental concepts in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as it is the foundation of treating and diognosing ilnesses <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"> ·          <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">Interdependent: Can not exist without each other

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">(Kola)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0level1lfo1"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">Please feel free to add missing and/or additional info :)