Yin Yang

Yin Yang - Philosophical artifact from Classical China civilization
250 BCE
Asia
Diagram
Philosophical
China
Classical

Earliest known depiction of the Taijitu symbol of cosmic balance

Light contains a shadow; darkness a glimmer of light.

From Taoist philosophy to medicine, the symbol shows how dark and light give birth to each other. Yin and Yang are not enemies but partners in an endless cycle of transformation.

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