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Yin and yang are ancient Chinese concepts which can be traced back to the Shang dynasty ( 1600 – 1100 BC ).
* In Chinese painting, the color violet represents the harmony of the universe because it is a combination of red and blue ( Yin and yang respectively ).
Yin and yang are not opposing forces ( dualities ), but complementary forces, unseen ( hidden, feminine ) and seen ( manifest, masculine ), that interact to form a greater whole, as part of a dynamic system.
Yin and yang transform each other: like an undertow in the ocean, every advance is complemented by a retreat, and every rise transforms into a fall.
Yin ( literally the ' shady place ' or ' north slope ') is the dark area occluded by the mountain's bulk, while yang ( literally the ' sunny place ' or ' south slope ') is the brightly lit portion.
Syncretism allowed various schools of thought such as Yi, Yin yang, Wu xing and Ren to mutually complement one another without threatening traditional religious practice or new religious movements.
** Liber XXVII: Liber Trigrammaton sub Figura XXVII — Being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and yang.
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