{"id":5204,"date":"2019-10-21T11:27:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/learn-chinese-cuture-yin-yang-school\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T11:27:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:27:12","slug":"learn-chinese-cuture-yin-yang-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/learn-chinese-cuture-yin-yang-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Chinese Cuture&#8211;Yin-Yang School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px;\">Learn&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Cuture&#8211;Yin-Yang&nbsp;School.Zou&nbsp;Yan&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;representative&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Yin-Yang&nbsp;School,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Records&nbsp;of&nbsp;Great&nbsp;Historian&nbsp;by&nbsp;Sima&nbsp;Qian&nbsp;had&nbsp;notes&nbsp;a<em><\/em>bout&nbsp;him.&nbsp;Lu&#8217;s&nbsp;Spring&nbsp;and&nbsp;Autumn&nbsp;Annals&nbsp;was&nbsp;compiled&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;sponsorship&nbsp;of&nbsp;Lu&nbsp;Bubei, prime&nbsp;minister&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;State&nbsp;of&nbsp;Qin&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;late&nbsp;Warring&nbsp;States&nbsp;Period&nbsp;(475-221BC).<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191121_5dd567bb94697.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); vertical-align: top; margin: 0px 5px; padding: 4px; width: 500px; height: 355px;\" alt=\"Learn Chinese Cuture--Yin-Yang School\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px;\">The&nbsp;school&nbsp;is&nbsp;ba<em><\/em>sed&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;theories&nbsp;of&nbsp;Yin-Yang&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements.&nbsp;Such&nbsp;theories&nbsp;attempted&nbsp;to&nbsp;explain&nbsp;the&nbsp;universe&nbsp;in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of&nbsp;basic&nbsp;forces&nbsp;in&nbsp;nature:&nbsp;the&nbsp;complementary&nbsp;agents&nbsp;of&nbsp;Yin&nbsp;(dark,&nbsp;cold,&nbsp;female,&nbsp;negative)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yang&nbsp;(light,&nbsp;hot,&nbsp;male,&nbsp;positive)&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements&nbsp;(water,&nbsp;fire,&nbsp;wood,&nbsp;me<em><\/em>tal,&nbsp;and&nbsp;earth).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px;\">In&nbsp;its&nbsp;early&nbsp;days,&nbsp;these&nbsp;theories&nbsp;were&nbsp;most&nbsp;strongly&nbsp;associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;states&nbsp;of&nbsp;Yan&nbsp;and&nbsp;Qi.&nbsp;In&nbsp;later&nbsp;periods,&nbsp;these&nbsp;epistemological&nbsp;theories&nbsp;came&nbsp;to&nbsp;hold&nbsp;significance&nbsp;in&nbsp;both&nbsp;philosophy&nbsp;and&nbsp;popular&nbsp;belief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6315793991089px; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px;\">The&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;between&nbsp;Yin-Yang&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements&nbsp;are&nbsp;as&nbsp;follows:&nbsp;the&nbsp;universe&nbsp;is&nbsp;run&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;single&nbsp;principle,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Tao,&nbsp;or&nbsp;Great&nbsp;Ultimate.&nbsp;This&nbsp;principle&nbsp;is&nbsp;divided&nbsp;into&nbsp;two&nbsp;opposite&nbsp;principles,&nbsp;or&nbsp;two&nbsp;principles&nbsp;that&nbsp;oppose&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;actions,&nbsp;Yin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yang.&nbsp;All&nbsp;the&nbsp;opposites&nbsp;one&nbsp;perceives&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;universe&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;reduced&nbsp;to&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;opposite&nbsp;forces.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Yin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yang&nbsp;accomplish&nbsp;changes&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;universe&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements,&nbsp;which&nbsp;both&nbsp;produce&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;and&nbsp;overcome&nbsp;one&nbsp;another.&nbsp;All&nbsp;change&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;universe&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;explained&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;workings&nbsp;of&nbsp;Yin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yang&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;progress&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements&nbsp;as&nbsp;they&nbsp;either&nbsp;produce&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;or&nbsp;overcome&nbsp;one&nbsp;another.&nbsp;Yin-Yang&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements&nbsp;are&nbsp;a&nbsp;universal&nbsp;explanatory&nbsp;principle.&nbsp;All&nbsp;phenomena&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;understood&nbsp;using&nbsp;Yin-Yang&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Elements:&nbsp;the&nbsp;movements&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;stars,&nbsp;the&nbsp;workings&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;body,&nbsp;the&nbsp;nature&nbsp;of&nbsp;foods,&nbsp;the&nbsp;qualities&nbsp;of&nbsp;music,&nbsp;the&nbsp;ethical&nbsp;qualities&nbsp;of&nbsp;humans,&nbsp;the&nbsp;progress&nbsp;of&nbsp;time,&nbsp;the&nbsp;operations&nbsp;of&nbsp;government,&nbsp;and&nbsp;even&nbsp;the&nbsp;nature&nbsp;of&nbsp;historical&nbsp;change.&nbsp;All&nbsp;things&nbsp;follow&nbsp;this&nbsp;order&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;all&nbsp;things&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;related&nbsp;to&nbsp;one&nbsp;another&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;way:&nbsp;one&nbsp;can&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;stars&nbsp;to&nbsp;determine&nbsp;what&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;policy&nbsp;to&nbsp;pursue&nbsp;in&nbsp;government,&nbsp;for&nbsp;instance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; 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