It’s a concept from China that’s permeated Eastern philosophy and entered the Western lexicon: yin and yang. It describes the interrelatedness and connection of seemingly opposite forces. One common example of yin-yang in Chinese philosophy is the genders, with yin equated to female and yang to male.
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