[分享]YIN & YANG THE LAW OF THE UNITY of OPPOSITES

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这是一篇从国外网站摘录的文章，主要讲了阴阳理论的对立统一性，本文详细阐述了阴阳对立 阴阳互根 阴阳消长 阴阳转化的阴阳关系。并从阴阳角度指出了事物的无限可分性。文中还举了很多例子来说明阴阳，但其中将ANATOMY（解剖学）分为阴  PHYSIOLOGY（生理学）分为阳，似乎值得商榷。
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YIN & YANG
THE LAW OF THE UNITY of OPPOSITES
From their search for the laws of the universe the Taoists discovered within the apparent chaos of nature a predictable and rhythmic cycle - Yin & Yang.  Because The law of Yin & Yang can be applied to anything in existence it is a very powerful tool of analysis and understanding. There are five points to the law of Yin & Yang.
1) OPPOSITION
Everything has two opposite aspects. Yin & Yang struggle with and control each other.
2) INTER-DEPENDENCE
Yin & Yang define each other and therefore one cannot exist without the other. (If there is no down, which way is up?)
3) MUTUAL CONSUMPTION & SUPPORT
Yin & Yang each give of themselves to nourish the other.
4) INTER-TRANSFORMATION
YIn can become Yang and Yang can become Yin. In fact, this is inevitable if the growth of one or the other is uncontrolled.
5) INFINITE SUBDIVISIBLITY
There is always a bit of one in the other. Anything can be subdivided again and again.

EXAMPLES OF YIN YANG RELATIONSHIPS
1) OPPOSITION
                ocean and beach, Democrat and Republican
2) INTER-DEPENDENCE
                up and down, in and out
3) MUTUAL CONSUMPTION & SUPPORT
                cows and pasture, tree and moss
4) INTER-TRANSFORMATION
                 malaria, economic boom and bust
5) INFINITE SUBDIVISIBLITY
                 United States Tax Code
The Yin Yang relationships below are utilized so frequently that each of the characteristics has been designated either Yin or Yang.   Fixed categorization would  violate the laws of Yin & Yang but the designations aren't fixed.  They're simply a convenience which simplifies communication among those familiar with Yin & Yang.
YIN              YANG             YIN           YANG
DARK             LIGHT            EARTH         HEAVEN
MOON             SUN              FLAT          ROUND
SHADE            BRIGHTNESS       SOUTH         NORTH
STILLNESS        MOVEMENT         RIGHT         LEFT
NIGHT            DAY              FEMALE        MALE
LOW              HIGH            INWARD        OUTWARD
HEAVY           LIGHT            PASSIVE        ACTIVE
FALLING        RISING            OPAQUE         CLEAR
CONTRACTING    EXPANDING        ANATOMY         PHYSIOLOGY
Yin & Yang are so entwined that one cannot exist without the other. They are irrevocably two parts of a whole. That’s why their relationships are called The Law of the Unity of Opposites. When forces of the universe create a Yin and a Yang they come together and, in the case of humans, create a life. As long as Yin and Yang maintain their dynamic oscillating balance the life exists. The closer to the center of their oscillation the extremes of their cycles are, the less illness will occur. When they separate, that life ceases. These facts yield a very useful definition: Health is life in balance.

桂枝汤

将ANATOMY（解剖学）分为阴——这是物质的，静态的。
PHYSIOLOGY（生理学）分为阳——这是变化的，动态的。
阴阳自此始。

兰心

"将ANATOMY（解剖学）分为阴  PHYSIOLOGY（生理学）分为阳，似乎值得商榷。"
这个我还没听说过,挺有特点的.