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  2. Yin and yang - Wikipedia

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    Yin and yang (English: / j ɪ n /, / j æ ŋ /), also yinyang [1] [2] or yin-yang, [3] [2] is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary and at the same time opposing forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which ...

  3. Onmyōdō - Wikipedia

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    Abe no Seimei, a famous onmyōji. Onmyōdō (陰陽道, also In'yōdō, lit. ' The Way of Yin and Yang ') is a technique that uses knowledge of astronomy and calendars to divine good fortune in terms of date, time, direction and general personal affairs, originating from the philosophy of the yin-yang and the five elements.

  4. Dualism in cosmology - Wikipedia

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    The yin and yang symbol actually has very little to do with Western dualism; instead it represents the philosophy of balance, where two opposites co-exist in harmony and are able to transmute into each other. In the yin-yang symbol there is a dot of yin in yang and a dot of yang in yin.

  5. Are You a Dragon (Yin) or a Tiger (Yang)? - AOL

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    The Chinese refer to this as the yin-yang theory. We have night, but we also have day. We have work, but we also have play. It is also called the law of the unity of opposites.

  6. Black-and-white dualism - Wikipedia

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    Yin-yang; Illiyin is the highest place and the resting place for the good souls among the highest angels, ... bad cowboys wear black hats while the good ones wear white.

  7. Six levels - Wikipedia

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    Tai Yang or Greater Yang; Yang Ming or Bright Yang; Shao Yang or Lesser Yang; Tai Yin or Greater Yin; Shao Yin or Lesser Yin; Jue Yin or Terminal Yin; As can be seen the names of the levels are the same as the names of the head and foot pairs of acupuncture meridians. The order is roughly the order that a disease takes as you go from health to ...

  8. School of Naturalists - Wikipedia

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    The School of Naturalists or the School of Yin-Yang (simplified Chinese: 阴阳家; traditional Chinese: 陰陽家; pinyin: Yīnyángjiā; Wade–Giles: Yin-yang-chia; lit. 'School of Yin-Yang') was a Warring States-era philosophy that synthesized the concepts of yin-yang and the Five Elements. It was one of the Nine Schools of Thought.

  9. Chinese folk religion - Wikipedia

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    Ling is the state of the "medium" of the bivalency (yin-yang), and thus it is identical with the inchoate order of creation. [14] Things inspiring awe or wonder because they cannot be understood as either yin or yang, because they cross or disrupt the polarity and therefore cannot be conceptualised, are regarded as numinous. [96]