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Harshit Mahey

Yin & Yang and the I Ching

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In India the theory of the three elements in the Chândogya Upanishad led to the theory of the three forces, the gun.as, and to the later theory of five elements. In China, the theory of five elements coexisted early with the theory of two forces: and . These can also simply be called the "two forces," (where ch'i, , is the "breath" or vital energy of the body, but also simply air, steam, or weather). In the Spring and Autumn Period there was actually a Yin and Yang School. Later its theories were accepted by nearly everyone, but especially by Taoism. The implications of the theory are displayed in the great book of divination, the I Ching, , the "Book of Changes...

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