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The concept of Yin and Yang originated from the ancient people's view of nature in China. The ancients observed various opposing and related natural phenomena in nature, such as heaven and earth, sun and moon, day and night, cold and heat, men and women, up and down, etc. And summed up the concept of "Yin and Yang" in a philosophical way of thinking. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Yin and Yang were mentioned in Yi Zhuan and Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching. The theory of Yin and Yang has penetrated into all aspects of China's traditional culture, including religion, philosophy, calendar, Chinese medicine, calligraphy, architecture, divination and so on. Yin and Yang is a division or subdivision of "unity of opposites or contradictory relationship", which is a species-genus relationship. The foundation of yin, yang and five elements of Chinese studies seems simple, but few people know it, and even fewer people know it and can keep it. .

Yin means "Yi" in ancient times, or "Yin", and "Fu" represents virtual entity; Yang, the ancient "cloud", or the "symbol" representing the virtual entity is "Yang". From then on, the word "one" comes from the cloud, meaning "fog that is spinning and recombining". "Rhyme" means "divergent qi". It can be seen that the ancients defined "yin and yang" from the essence of the material world-"qi" and "movement" of qi. The ancients called it "yin and yang" instead of "yang and yin", which is related to the logic of the origin of the ancient world. The order of world creation is: infinite Tai Chi → Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments (two instruments are heaven and earth).

Infinity means chaos, and chaos is wandering water vapor. "Tai Chi" is the center of the circle, and the appearance of the center of the circle is engraved at the same time as the circular movement takes place. The main body of circular motion is loose water vapor. After the diffused water vapor rotates slowly, it gradually forms a hollow cloud column. The further acceleration of the rotation of the cloud column produces centrifugal force at the upper and lower ends, which makes the light substances in the cloud rise to form "sky" and the turbid substances fall to form "ground". "Heaven" and "Earth" constitute the "world" (please refer to the entry "Kunlun" in Baidu Encyclopedia). From this creative process, we can know that the predecessor of the world is chaos, and the world is born from the rotation of fog and water vapor, that is, the orderly movement of chaos. With heaven and earth, there is a distinction between yin and yang (without the world, it is equivalent to returning to the former state of the world-"chaos"). So "Yin" comes before "Yang".

Yin, Shuo Wen Jie Zi said: "Darkness is also the south of water, and the north of mountains is also", and Shuo Wen Chuan said: "The north of mountains is the south of water, and the sun is worse than the sun". Case: This is about yin and yang from the macro perspective of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are the largest yin and yang entities known to ancient humans. On the Essence of Yin and Yang From the largest entity of Yin and Yang, it is that the big Yin and Yang includes all the small Yin and Yang, which is also a brilliant move. However, it is not clear why Yin is in front of Yang and is called "Yin and Yang" instead of "Yang Yin". Is there land first, then there is day? It doesn't make sense. Only from the perspective of the origin of heaven and earth can we explain clearly why Yin is in front of Yang.

Yang Shuo Wen Jie Zi said, "Brilliant." "Explaining Zheng Ziyi by Writing": "Clever is also good at saying yin." Example: the highest, the sky is also; If you are smart, you will have a bright future. This is to discuss Yin and Yang from the macro perspective of heaven and earth.

Tao Te Ching said: "Tao gives birth to one, two, three and everything. Everything is negative and holds yang, thinking that it is harmonious. " Case: This is about Yin and Yang from the perspective of the origin of the universe, but it is not the definition or explanation of the word "Yin and Yang" itself. Tao, guide also. Guide, to also. When the chaotic water vapor changes from disorderly movement to orderly movement, it shows that the vehicle has been on the right track and started to move towards its destination. This orderly movement on the right path led to the birth of Tai Chi. Taiji is "one", which was born at the moment when chaos changed from disorderly movement to orderly movement. Tai Chi was born, followed by the emergence of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are "two". When the weather drops, the earth and the air transpiration, and the two gases meet, the result is the birth of people. People are "three". "Three" also includes all living things. Man is the most spiritual of all living things and is their general representative. Then all things in the world alternate generations in the interaction of yin and yang, keeping the balance of population and quantity. "negative yin embraces yang" shows the significance of "yin" as the basis or premise of "yang"

Yin and Yang are specifically cited in the literature as follows:

1. refers to the north and south of the mountain.

Poem Ya Gong Liu: "Look at its yin and yang, look at its flowing spring." Song Shi Ye's Drunken Music Pavilion: "Yongjia is full of mountains, and the west of the country is unique. Bend down in more than ten steps, the height is not lonely, but also ends at the bottom, yin and yang are attached, showing affection behind. "

2. In particular, it refers to the north of Beihe Star and the south of Nanhe Star.

"Historical Records Tianguanshu": "Walking the North-South River, talking about Yin and Yang, dry the sailors' funeral." The justice of Zhang Shoujie: "There are three stars in the south river and three stars in the north river. If the north river is cloudy, then water and soldiers; If the south river is sunny, it will be dead. "

3. Ancient times refers to the two opposites of matter and personnel in the universe. Refers to the two qi of everything in heaven and earth.

The Book of Changes says: "The unexpected of Yin and Yang is called God." "New Tang Book Official Biography Yu Chaoen": "If Yin and Yang are not harmonious, the grain is expensive." The third time in A Dream of Red Mansions: "Heaven and earth are born of yin and yang."

4. Heaven and Earth.

Book of Rites: "Joy comes from Yang, courtesy comes from Yin, Yin and Yang and everything." Kong Shu: "He who is in harmony is still alive. It can be said that each has its own place. If the rites and music are all in harmony with heaven and earth, then everything has its place." Sun Xidan explained: "Happiness is natural, so it belongs to Yang; Rites are made by the earth, so they belong to yin. Harmony between yin and yang is everything, and harmony between rites and music means everything goes well. " Tang Xuanzong's "Spring Festival Evening Banquet": "Yin and Yang adjust the calendar, and rites and music announce Qiong." Song Fan Chengda's poem "Spring Epidemic of Human Diseases": "Who is strong in Yin and Yang, and heaven and earth are really heartless?" Li Qingyu's "Flying in the Middle Building, Offering a Birthday": "Yun Qi is black and long, and Yin and Yang are mixed and chaotic."

5. The sun and the moon.

Tang Du Fu's poem "Pavilion Night": "Winter and day are shortened in the elemental scale, and the world is frosty and snowy." Su Songzhe's poem "Winter Solstice Day": "Yin and Yang rise and fall and urge themselves, who can teach the elderly not to return?"

6. Day and night.

Book of Rites: "The sunrise is in the east, the moon is in the west, and the length of Yin and Yang is the same, and the tour begins." Kong Ying Da said, "Yin represents night and Yang represents day. In summer, the sun is long and the yin is short, and in winter, the sun is short and the yin is long. This is the length of yin and yang. " "On Mandarin Zhou Yu": "Yin and Yang are distributed, and thunder is delayed." Zhao Wei's Note: "Yin and Yang are distributed day and night. Stagnation, stinging insects. Tang Ming's "Moon Order" said:' Day and night thunder is a word.' "Korea