Yin And Yang Point Of View

‘When the Chinese prepare a meal, they always have a Yin-Yang point of view. If a dish or two is heaty, Yang, there is always another dish that is cooling, Yin, to complement it and to maintain a Yin and Yang balance,’ said my friend’s mom whom I have interviewed about her perception on the idea of Yin and Yang.

In my friend’s point of view, 'Yang is male and Yin is his counterpart. This may be arguable for the minority but it is true for most people’.

‘Yin represents the winter, the cold, the dark, still and water. On the other hand, Yang’s nature is warm, bright, living and fire,’ commented one of my lecturers. In my opinion, Yin and Yang are two complementing, balancing and equal components of life and none of them outweighs another. Take us for example, humans are not perfect. There is always something good in everyone, and so are flaws, they are inevitable. However, there is always room for improvements. Moreover, I also believe that Yin-Yang functions similarly to Newton’s third law of motion which states that ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’. According to the “Out of Africa” theory, modern humans share a common African ancestry. Therefore, it may be reasonable and appropriate to propose that the first …show more content…
However, without having a holistic exposure to the Chinese History, one is unlikely to be able to have a decent grip on the concept of Yin-Yang. The concept of Yin-yang is originated from Taoism and has permeated every aspect of Chinese thought, including medicine, art, government, astrology and divination. The principle is that all things exist as inseparable, balancing and contradictory opposites, for example, dark-light, female-male and old-young. The two opposites attract and complement each other and neither pole is superior to the other end as an increase in one brings a decrease in the