102,863
edits
Changes
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to searchCreated page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1848] ==Definition== *1 : opposite sides, elements, or extremes <th...'
[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Yinyang.jpg|right|frame]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1848]
==Definition==
*1 : [[opposite]] sides, elements, or [[extremes]] <the daily yin and yang of the [[campaign]] — Steve Lopez>
==Description==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_philosophy Chinese philosophy], the [[concept]] of '''yin-yang''' (simplified Chinese: 阴阳; traditional Chinese: 陰陽; pinyin: yīnyáng), which is often called "yin and yang", is used to describe how seemingly [[opposite]] or contrary forces are interconnected and [[interdependent]] in the natural world; and, how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many natural [[dualities]] (such as [[male]] and [[female]], [[light]] and [[dark]], high and low, hot and cold, [[water]] and [[fire]], [[life]] and [[death]], and so on) are thought of as physical [[manifestations]] of the ''yin-yang'' concept. The concept lies at the origins of many branches of classical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_science Chinese science] and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine traditional Chinese medicine], and a central principle of different forms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts Chinese martial arts] and exercise, such as baguazhang, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27ai_chi_ch%27uan taijiquan] (t'ai chi), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] (Chi Kung) and of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching I Ching].
Yin and yang are actually [[complementary]], not opposing, forces, interacting to form a whole greater than either [[separate]] [[part]]; in effect, a [[dynamic]] system. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance [[shadow]] cannot exist without [[light]]). Either of the two major aspects may [[manifest]] more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the [[observation]].
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoist metaphysics], good-bad [[distinctions]] and other dichotomous [[moral]] judgments are perceptual, not real; so, yin-yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism Confucianism] on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Zhongshu Dong Zhongshu], (c. 2nd century BCE) a moral dimension is attached to the yin-yang idea.
The concept of yin and yang is often symbolized by various forms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijitu Taijitu] symbol, for which it is probably best known in [[Western cultures]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1848]
==Definition==
*1 : [[opposite]] sides, elements, or [[extremes]] <the daily yin and yang of the [[campaign]] — Steve Lopez>
==Description==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_philosophy Chinese philosophy], the [[concept]] of '''yin-yang''' (simplified Chinese: 阴阳; traditional Chinese: 陰陽; pinyin: yīnyáng), which is often called "yin and yang", is used to describe how seemingly [[opposite]] or contrary forces are interconnected and [[interdependent]] in the natural world; and, how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many natural [[dualities]] (such as [[male]] and [[female]], [[light]] and [[dark]], high and low, hot and cold, [[water]] and [[fire]], [[life]] and [[death]], and so on) are thought of as physical [[manifestations]] of the ''yin-yang'' concept. The concept lies at the origins of many branches of classical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_science Chinese science] and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine traditional Chinese medicine], and a central principle of different forms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts Chinese martial arts] and exercise, such as baguazhang, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27ai_chi_ch%27uan taijiquan] (t'ai chi), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong qigong] (Chi Kung) and of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching I Ching].
Yin and yang are actually [[complementary]], not opposing, forces, interacting to form a whole greater than either [[separate]] [[part]]; in effect, a [[dynamic]] system. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance [[shadow]] cannot exist without [[light]]). Either of the two major aspects may [[manifest]] more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the [[observation]].
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism Taoist metaphysics], good-bad [[distinctions]] and other dichotomous [[moral]] judgments are perceptual, not real; so, yin-yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism Confucianism] on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Zhongshu Dong Zhongshu], (c. 2nd century BCE) a moral dimension is attached to the yin-yang idea.
The concept of yin and yang is often symbolized by various forms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijitu Taijitu] symbol, for which it is probably best known in [[Western cultures]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
