The author of explains many problems in traditional Chinese medicine and the relationship between humans and nature by using the yin yang theory. The existence, movement, and change of yin and yang are the basic laws of the universe. They believed that the change of the seasons and the change of day and night are the results of the movement and interaction of yin and yang. Philosophers believed that there were two opposing forces of yin and yang inside things and these two forces were moving and interacting. Scholars at that time believed that the earthquake was caused by the inconsistency of the two material movements of Yin and Yang inside the earth.ĭuring the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods (770 BC-221 BC), China had developed a hundred schools of thought, such as Taoism, Legalism, Confucianism, and Mohism.Īt that time, the philosophical theory also entered a period of rapid development, and yin yang theory gradually formed. People use yin and yang to explain the changes of complex things that are difficult to observe.Īccording to, there was an earthquake in Shaanxi Province in 780 AD. Both and have recorded about yin and yang. The concept of yin and yang was probably formed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Light, warm, spring, and summer belong to yang dark, cold, autumn, and winter belong to yin. Almost everything in nature can be divided into two aspects: Yin and Yang. With the expansion of people’s cognition, the meaning of yin and yang has been extended. In the early days, it was defined that the side where sunlight can shine belongs to yang, and the side where sunlight cannot shine belongs to yin. Yin and yang is a generalization of the opposite attributes of things. The white area and black area mean opposite and their small circles of opposite colors imply mutual breeding. There is a small black circle on the white area and a small white circle on the black area. The circle is divided into two areas of white and black by the curve. It is a circle with a curve in the middle. The yin and yang symbol is also called the Tai Chi symbol and was a symbol used by ancient Chinese to record the movement of celestial bodies. In Chinese medicine, yin yang theory is a unique way of thinking, which explains the tissue structure, physiological functions, pathological changes, and diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It is the foundation of Tai Chi, Qigong, and traditional Chinese medicine. Yin yang theory assists in the development of ancient Chinese astronomy, meteorology, chemistry, arithmetic, music, and medicine.
Light and darkness, fire and water, expansion and contraction are all manifestations of yin and yang. In yin and yang’s view of the universe, Qi has formed many things, such as mountains, rivers, valleys, and life. The interaction of yin and yang gave birth to all things in the universe and promoted their development and change. The movement and change of Qi have produced bipolar “yin” and “yang”. In ancient times, the yin yang theory was used to explain the occurrence, development, and change of things in the universe.Īncient philosophers believed that the formation of the universe came from the material energy–Qi (Chi). It describes the connotation of yin and yang and the changing laws of the yin and yang movement. Yin Yang theory is a philosophy, which originated in ancient China.