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1、SymbolismInChineseCulture---MeaningofNumbersLiLiang1.TheDaoismViewofNatureandNumbersThewholeuniverseismadeoftwobasicforces:yin（阴）andyang（阳）Yin:thefeminineornegativeprincipleinnature.Yang:themasculineorpositiveprincipleInnature.Yinandyangarethoughttoarisetogetherfromaninitialquiescenceor
2、emptiness(wuji,无极),andtocontinuemovingintandemuntilquiescenceisreachedagain.CharacteristicsofYinYangYinyangareopposingYinyangdescribeopposingqualitiesinphenomena.Forinstance,winterisyintosummer'syangoverthecourseofayear,andfemininityisyintomasculinity'syanginhumanrelationships.Itisimpos
3、sibletotalkaboutyinoryangwithoutsomereferencetotheopposite.YinyangarerootedtogetherSinceyinandyangarecreatedtogetherinasinglemovement,theyareboundtogetheraspartsofamutualwhole.Aracewithonlymenoronlywomenwoulddisappearinasinglegeneration,butmenandwomentogethercreatenewgenerationsthatallo
4、wtheracetheymutuallycreate(andmutuallycomefrom)tosurvive.Theinteractionofthetwogivesbirthtothings.YinyangtransformeachotherLikeanundertowintheocean,everyadvanceiscomplementedbyaretreat,andeveryrisetransformsintoafall.E.g.Aseedwillsproutfromtheearthandgrowupwardstowardsthesky-anintrinsic
5、allyyangmovement.Thenwhenitreachesitsfullheight,itwillbegintoweaken,andeventuallywillfallbacktotheearthindecay-anintrinsicallyyinmovement.Yinalwayscontainsthepotentialforyang,andyangforyin.Yin-yangarebalancedYin-yangisadynamicequilibrium.TheyarisetogethertheyarealwaysequalIfonedisappear
6、s,theothermustdisappearaswell,leavingemptiness.Thisisrarelyimmediatelyapparent,though,becauseyangelementsareclearandobviouswhileyinelementsarehiddenandsubtle.Yin-yangareomnipresente.g.time/space/relationship:Chineseplacenames:洛阳、淮阴food：寒凉、滋阴壮阳medicine：针灸（acupuncture）通则不痛，痛则不通,阴阳失调soener
7、gylinesystemrebalanced2.YinandYangCorrespondingEnergiesYinYangDarkLightMatterSpiritEarthSkyFemaleMalePassiveActiveEvenNumbersOddNumbersCanaddmoretothisbinarysystem:winter/summer,death/life,cold/hot,…Sothepointisbasicallythereisnodistinctionbetweengood/bad,etc,numbersinclusive.A
