\[ **BT: [[Daoism]] | [[knowledge#Chinese philosophy|Chinese philosophy]]** ] --- # yin and yang [[Yin and yang were ‘the dyadic principle that governed the cosmos and everything in it.’]][^1] [[The most critical feature of yin and yang is their co-existence and co-dependence.]][^2] [[Yang is creation; yin is dissolution.]][^3] [[Yang is needed to make things happen; yin is needed to make things grow.]][^4] --- ## yin [[Yang is creation; yin is dissolution.]][^3] [[Yang is needed to make things happen; yin is needed to make things grow.]][^4] ## yang [[Yang is creation; yin is dissolution.]][^3] [[Yang is needed to make things happen; yin is needed to make things grow.]][^4] ### yang’s seasonal effects [[In traditional Chinese thought, yang energy increases following the winter solstice.]][^5] [^1]: Noa Hegesh, ‘[[Hegesh, ‘Mind the Gap’, 2021|Mind the Gap: Acoustical Answers to Cosmological Concerns in First-Century B.C.E. China]]’, *Isis*, vol. 112, no. 4 (2021), p. 649, <https://doi.org/10.1086/717069>. [^2]: Ping Yao, *[[Yao, Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China, 2022|Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China: A Brief History]]* (Routledge, 2022), p. 5. [^3]: Bruce D. LeBlanc, ‘[[LeBlanc, ‘Envisioning Homosexuality within Daoism’, 2015|Envisioning Homosexuality within Daoism: The Orientation and Sexual Dimensions of Yin and Yang]]’, *International Journal of Behavioral Research & Psychology*, vol. 3, no. 8 (2015), p. 151, <https://doi.org/10.19070/2332-3000-1500027>. [^4]: Ping Yao, *[[Yao, Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China, 2022|Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China: A Brief History]]* (Routledge, 2022), p. 5. [^5]: Goh Sang Seong, ‘[[Goh, ‘Penang Chinese Customs and Traditions’, 2015|Penang Chinese Customs and Traditions]]’, *Kajian Malaysia*, vol. 33, supp. 2 (2015), p. 144, http://web.usm.my/km/33(Supp.2)2015/km33s22015_08.pdf.