WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The yin yang (i.e. taijitu symbol) shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section. In Taoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most important concepts of Confucianism as it relates to gender is the yin-yang ( )2 binary. ‘Yin ( )’, etymologically, means the shady side of the mountain and ‘yang ( )’ means the sunny side (e.g. Rubin, 1982).

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the main ideas of Taoism is the belief in balancing forces, or yin and yang. These ideas represent matching pairs, such as light and dark, hot and cold, action and inaction, which work together toward a universal whole.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yin and Yang are general terms used in the East to describe the opposite poles of any given natural phenomenon. Although they exist in clear opposition to each other, they also depend on each other, as the one embraces the other. In fact, together they mean both unity and opposition, which is also a given in Yin/Yang.