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Yin-Yang Cycle (seasons)

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Summer: Yang within Yang
Autumn: Yin within Yang
Winter: Yin within Yin
Spring: Yang within Yin

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Five Aspects of Yin Yang Relationship

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  1. Opposition: 对立制约
  2. Interdependence: 互根互用
  3. Mutual Consuming: 消长平衡
  4. Inter- transformation: 相互转化
  5. Infinite divisibility: 无限分之
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Opposition: 对立制约

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Nature: fire/water, light/dark, sun/moon, immaterial/material, energy/matter;
Medicine: Exterior/Interior, Heat/Cold, Excess/Deficiency, Restless/Quiet, Rapid changes/Lingering, Acute/Chronic…

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Interdependence 互根互用

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Medicine: yin organs depend on yang organs to produce Qi and Blood。 The yang organs depend on the yin organs for their nourishment deriving from Blood and Essence.

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Mutual-Consuming 消长平衡

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(quantity) Medicine: Excess of yin damages yang, excess of yang damages yin. Consumption of yang leads to excess of yin. consumption of yin leads to excess of yang.

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Inter-transformation 相互转化

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(quality) Nature: Day turns into night;
Medicine: cold transforms into heat; excess heat can lead to yin deficiency; deficiency of spleen yang can lead to excess of dampness.

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Infinite Divisibility 无限分之

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阴中之阳, 阳中之阴;Medicine: front of body is yin, but chest is yang compared to abdomen etc.

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In Yi Jing the Yin aspect is represented as

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A broken line

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In Yi Jing the Yang aspect is represented as

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A solid line

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Yin within Yang

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Solid line over a broken line

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Yang within Yin

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Broken line over a solid line

12
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Utmost Yin

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Two stacked broken lines

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Utmost Yang

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Two stacked solid lines