{"id":4406,"date":"2020-05-30T13:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T12:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=4406"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T13:19:24","slug":"yin-and-yang","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yin-and-yang","title":{"rendered":"yin and yang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4408 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yinyang.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yin\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yin originally referred to the colder north side of a mountain, the shaded river bank or the darker, cooler south side of a valley. Later on Yin was associated with the idea of days with cool weather and overcast skies, with shadows and all that is dark, cool and humid, with water and earth, night&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Yin<\/a> und <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yang\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yang was initially symbolized by the warmer, southern side of the mountain, a sunny bank, later the mountain as a whole. Subsequently Yang represented everything including light and bright day, summer and sun. Also dryness, air (wind) and fire were assigned to Yang, as well as increasingly warm days of spring, the warmer season's flourishing&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Yang<\/a> are central concepts of Chinese philosophy, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/daoism\" target=\"_self\" title='The world view that underlies the I&nbsp;Ching is rooted in Daoism (Chinese: \"Teaching the Way\", Taoism). The basic idea is the primordial unity from which all creation emanates: it gives birth to duality (Yin and Yang, light and shadow) and by their changes, movements and interplay creates our environment (the external world). The ethical teachings&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">Daoism<\/a>, which applies this dualism to everything. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/dao\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dao is traditionally referred to as &quot;the path&quot;. Within Daoist philosophy it describes the eternal and active principle of creation which encompasses both original unity and duality. Dao thus constitute the basic principle of the world's creation, it is a principle of immanence (= all-pervading) as well as transcendence (= undifferentiated emptiness, mother of the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Dao<\/a>ism Yin and Yang are fundamental aspects of reality, simultaneouly interdependent and complementary to each other, rhythmically alternating during the course of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yin und Yang are central concepts of Chinese philosophy, especially Daoism, which applies this dualism to everything. According to Daoism Yin and Yang are fundamental aspects of reality, simultaneouly interdependent and complementary to each other, rhythmically alternating during the course of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-4406","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/4406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}