Essays Tagged: "Yin and yang"
Taoism to regular life
as "Way". The Way is the practice of doing and not-doing. This concept comes from the theory of the Yin and Yang. The Yang is the practice of doing. The Yin is the practice of not-doing. One complimen ... will not approve of his new purchase. If the man had not originally set such high expectations of buying a "good" car, he would not be upset with his situation. "Better to stop short than to fill the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Liberty, Equality, and Justice.
r the poor and meek... Total liberty can be dreadful, total equality can be equally frightful." The yin and yang of freedom's political society; a nation conceived in freedom can not have both of two ... ic views of Rawls, some views can not be viewed without seeing the darker perspective to it. Thus, tying in with what Berlin would consider his 'dark perspective.'
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
An analysis of the classic "Rickshaw" by Chinese literary great Lao She.
e to them being fundamentally powerless, useless, hesitant, cowardly, or able to survive only by obeying men. Scientists and historians have devised systems to analyse the workings of the world that, ... t, coincidentally, protect their own interests while oppressing and dominating women: the theory of Yin and Yang, for example, was established to demonstrate that, inherently, the female sex (yin) is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors
Daoism: The Religion
Jing, which is translated as "The Way and Its Power".Daoism, or Taoism, is based on the concept of yin and yang. Yin an Yang are energy modes that are a part of every object in the universe. These tw ... uals. They are considered useless from this point of view. Inaction is the secret of a good life. Trying to do good is even considered to lead to trouble. "Live and let live" would be a good example o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Chronicles of Tao Book Review
th the Chinese philosophy and practice of Feng Shui, i.e. the flow of "chi" (energy) and balance of yin and yang. I have even arranged my home in a fashion that optimizes this concept and attempts to ... the Grand Master was right. Another occurrence that illustrates balance is where Saihung meets the Yin Yang Immortals who in their complete oppositeness, one dark and one light, balance each other ou ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Seven Taoist Masters Summary
r meditation master Wang Ch'ung-yang came into the room and frightened Sun Pu-erh, he told her "the yin cannot manage without the yang" (Wong 47). The little conversation she had with the master annoy ... brother in the Tao explained to her that the master's spirit visited her to help since she was straying further away from the true path. The Tao is limitless, when you think you have learned everythi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The history of integrative medicine
een mind, body and spirit. The role of the 'doctor' was to facilitate the healing process by identifying and removing obstacles to health. Therapies addressed the underlying cause of the disease by en ... evalent of the ancient herbal traditions currently practised in Britain. It is based on concepts of yin and yang and of Qi energy. Chinese herbs are ascribed qualities such as "cooling" (yin) or "stim ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Taoism: Archaic Sytem Or Transformational Practice
rnessing and proper moving of this flow one can live a balanced and healthful life. DUALISM: YING YANG THEORY To better understand qi and its relationship to health it is important to understan ... e. Taoists, feel that our universe is comprised of two different components, those aspects that are Ying and those that are Yang. As an example, Ying aspects would be cold, night and dampness in contr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
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hina's Han Dynasty (207 B.C.-9 A.D.), there are two principles opposite each other in the universe: yin and yang. Yin's principles consist of femaleness, the moon, and submission, while yang's princip ... ess, the moon, and submission, while yang's principles consist of maleness, the sun, and dominance. Yin produces yang, and yang produces yin, and neither continually dominates or determines the other. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Co-existence Of Good And Evil In Demian
Demian "“ Hermann Hesse "Yin and Yang arise together. There cannot be one without the other. Darkness exists because there is ... For every good there is evil, and for every evil there is good. Both good and evil co-exist. By denying the evil, one cannot eradicate it. Therefore, evil should be understood. The understanding of e ... t hallowed and accursed word which is life and death at the same time. Abraxas begetteth truth and lying, good and evil, light and darkness in the same word and in the same act." How can one be ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Only the heart 2
rt three of "Only the Heart" is about the highs and lows of the Vo family and looks at the idea of "Yin and Yang".The grandmother, Vo Kim Tuyet is depicted in part three as a spiritual person who beli ... grandmother, Vo Kim Tuyet is depicted in part three as a spiritual person who believes strongly in"Yin and Yang". She makes predictions about the events which unfold later in the story. She predicts ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The times they are a changin
to the will of the revolutionist's idea. Change will come; the battle is seen between good and bad, yin and yang. Although blood will not be shed, politicians, judges, and other elected officials will ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Only the heart
rt three of "Only the Heart" is about the highs and lows of the Vo family and looks at the idea of "Yin and Yang".The grandmother, Vo Kim Tuyet is depicted in part three as a spiritual person who beli ... grandmother, Vo Kim Tuyet is depicted in part three as a spiritual person who believes strongly in"Yin and Yang". She makes predictions about the events which unfold later in the story. She predicts ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Women in china during the long
"long eighteenth century?" This is especially true for upper class women.The philosophical idea of yin and yang is found throughout Chinese culture, literature, and social structure. The idea is that ... another. Neither is greater than the other, or more important than the other. In respect to gender, yin is female and yang is male. Yin is private life within the family and yang is public life outsid ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Equilibrium and harmony is the core of the Confucianism
m of the Confucianism as a center clue. However Equilibrium and harmony() that contains the idea of yin() and yang() (world outlook), harmony and similar (methodology), the doctrine of the mean (on mo ... ine in it? This is a question that the academic community has always been evaded. Some people are trying to use the "Benevolence()" and "rule by moral example()" and so on to interpret the concept of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Equilibrium and harmony is the core of the Confucianism
anism as a center clue. However Equilibrium and harmony(中和) that contains the idea of yin(陰) and yang(陽) (world outlook), harmony and similar (methodology), the doctrine of ... ine in it? This is a question that the academic community has always been evaded. Some people are trying to use the "Benevolence(仁學)" and "rule by moral example(德治)" and so ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Stone Angel Essay
en Hagar's brother Dan is dieing she refuses to act like her mother in order to comfort him in his dying breaths. Her inability to give her brother peace when he is dyeing causes her to damage the rel ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Cesare Baccaria's Classical Theory Reviewed
independent, united themselves in society. Weary of living in a continual state of war, and of enjoying a liberty which became of little value, from the uncertainty of its duration, they sacrificed o ... Adam eating the Forbidden Fruit, further inhibiting mankind to be bound to sin. Taoists believe in Yin and Yang, which, in part, says that evil lies in all of us. Even the greatest greatest thinkers ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Settling for Utopia: Proof Why Utopian Societies Cannot Exist in Le Guin's Short Story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas".
ng that is observed throughout the natural world. It even manifests itself into religions, like the Yin and Yang philosophy of the Tao. Just like in physics, which human nature operates in, happiness ... who do not "go home to weep or rage" (Le Guin 1287) after seeing the boy in torment. Instead of staying and accepting the terms of Omelas, they leave "into the darkness, and they do not come back" (L ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American