
If you have any feedback or questions about the material covered, please don’t hesitate to contact at are more examples of Yin and Yang ) Until next time. The principal proponent of the theory was the cosmologist Zou Yan (or Tsou Yen) who believed that life went through five phases (wuxing) - fire, water, metal, wood, earth - which continuously interchanged according to the principle of Yin and Yang. Next, we are going to talk about the theory of the 5 elements, which is more about categorization and association. We can say that the nature of the Yin-Yang theory is binary and relative.

(*Good health is achieved when there is a balance of Yin and Yang) It holds that the natural world is made up of materials and that the material world conceives, develops and constantly varies under the interaction of yin. It is a theory dealing with the origination of the universe as well as the motion and variation of all things in the natural world. (*Infinite divisibility: Yin and Yang can be further divided into Yin and Yang)Įxcess Cold (excess Yin): preponderance of Yin injures YangĮxcess Heat (excess Yang): preponderance of Yang injures Yinĭeficiency Cold (deficiency Yang): weakness of Yang leads to preponderance of Yinĭeficiency Heat (deficiency Yin): weakness of Yin leads to preponderance of Yang The theory of yin-yang originated in antiquity in China. Intertransformation: Yin and Yang turns into each other (qualitative change) Mutual consumption: Yin and Yang consume each other (quantitative change) Interdependence: one cannot exist without its pair


Opposition: everything has two aspects that oppose
