Yin and Yang originate from a dualistic concept in traditional Chinese philosophy. In ancient China, the characteristics of things that are both opposite and related, such as heaven and earth, white and black, sun and moon, day and night, heat and cold, male and female, up and down, left and right, movement and stillness, hardness and softness, and punishment, are expressed in the concept of "yin and yang". Embodying the abstract meaning of "mutual opposition and interdependence", it is also called "Qi", which is also a symbol of Taoism.
In the "Tao Te Ching" written by Lao Tzu during the Warring States Period, "yin and yang" were used to discuss and develop his ideas. In "Spring and Autumn Fanlu" written by Dong Zhongshu, a Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, he further inherited the Yin-Yang school's theory of combining Yin-Yang and the five elements, and regarded Yin-Yang and the Five Elements as the basis and source of the establishment of the political and religious system. Yin and Yang theory has penetrated into various traditional Chinese cultural things including calendar, astronomy, meteorology, traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts, calligraphy, architecture, religion, Feng Shui, divination, etc., and is an important part of Chinese traditional cultural consciousness.
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