Yin and yang

Without any justice, there will be vengeance and without any vengeance there wouldn’t be a motivational drive for justice to exist amongst others. The two serve as yin and yang just as god and evil go in the same category as these others, both sides go along with one another and bring out the stand-point of what is needed to be shown throughout a society. Justice keeps people in order and makes sure that whatever happens…

For example, heat would need cold for a balance and vice versa. Yin and yang is the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine, as the Chinese believe illness is an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, or because of a blockage of qi (or ch’i, both pronounced like chi) in the body. Qi is a life force, or an energy that flow through the meridian system, the belief that the body…

When [yang] and [yin] combine, all things achieve harmony (42). This suggests that in any properly balanced human experience there will be traces of both yin and yang; therefore, yin and yang are not complete opposites, rather they are complementary entities that stem from a common origin. Aristotle’s and Lao Tzu’s ideas on the poles of balance are…

The Yin and Yang of Sophocles’ Antigone “A round of yin, then a round of yang, that equals Tao” (Fallon). Just like yin and yang, obligation to one’s people and one’s family must be balanced in order to achieve harmony. This is best seen in Sophocles’ Antigone, where Antigone is the yin with a fatal commitment to her brother and Creon is the yang with a staunch resolve to uphold the laws of his kingdom. Both these characters are lacking a crucial element of the other, and consequently reach a…

Medieval Chinese Medicine Medieval Chinese medicine influenced modern day medicine, as well as advancing their own knowledge y inventing and discovering. Firstly, Chinese medicine was a system created 3,000 years ago. Through medieval Chinese medicine fatigue and food/herbal causes, atmospheric forces, acupuncture, t’ai chi, and discoveries for disease prevention were all formed. These elements helped shape the medicine used today and helped medieval Chinese medicine tremendously. Chinese…

Supernatural is a concept frequently used in society, yet is still a broadly misunderstood term. Traditionally supernatural is understood to be everything that is not considered natural, interpreted by things you can’t physically see such as magic and Gods. The supernatural is related to things or actions that can’t logically be explained. However in Ancient China, the supernatural was believed to be controlled by human destiny and nature. They also believed that ghosts inhabited the earth.…

backbones of his compositional structure. The theoretical foundation of this system is based on the I Ching trigrams. Two kinds of lines construct the trigrams; from the ontological theory of Yin and Yang dialectical monism, the unbroken line represents Yang, while the broken line represents Yin. Yin and Yang then combine to create the eight trigrams representing different basic principles of reality, and pairs of trigrams…

physiologic mode, specifically nutrition. This is because pregnancy causes the need for compensation, as there is blood stagnation and the need to increase the flow of Qi. Since yin and yang can be thrown off balance, it is important in Chinese culture to avoid the consumption of “hot” and “cold” foods. “Hot versus cold (yin vs. yang) are the two most important oppositions in Traditional Chinese Medicine” (“Pacific College” 2014). Different foods are classified as cold and hot. Therefore, it is…

In the wrong, there is some right. In the dark,there is some light. In the blind there is some sight.” Abhinyana in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird multiple themes are demonstrated, such as courage and racism, mixing both created the belief of the yin yang. Lee shows this perfectly in the perspective of Scout, from being innocent to barley understanding the cruel town Scout lives in. Using Jem having to read to Mrs. Dubose who later dies, the case of Tom Robinson with Atticus defending Tom,…

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…