The Yin/Yang is a symbol of Taoism since it represents harmony of opposites, how one gives way to another and how you cannot have one without the other. “It represents the balance of opposites in the universe. When they are equally present, all is calm. When one is outweighed by the other, there is confusion and disarray.” Because nothing is completely opposite of another thing, there is a spot of yin in the yang and of yang in the yin. The swirling nature of the Yin and Yang represents change.
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| Picture: The T’ai Chi T’u. It is an illustration of the Yin and Yang principle. (Gia Fu Feng, English, and Knierim). Although I have heard it more commonly called the “Yin/Yang” symbol. |
