Yin and Yang: Principle of polarity in Chinese cosmology, in which the opposite poles eventually blend and become one another in a cosmic connectedness.

 (See also: Yin and Yang, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Yin and Yang: negative (female) and postive (male) complementary forces of the universe central to Chinese thought since perhaps as early as 1,000 BCE.

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Yin/Yang

Chinese names referring to the active and passive principles of the universe. Yin refers to the female or [in-active] negative force; Yang to the male or active force. These two polar forces continually interplay with each other. The words are used to describe the constant How of motion and change in the universe (i.e., the "Tao").

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Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India and Nepal between 566 and 483 BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following his death. It continued to spread into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia. With approximately 708 million followers, Buddhism is a major world religion whose adherents are called Buddhists. Buddhist denominations are historically categ ...

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** minor symbol numbers The concept of yin and yang (Traditional: 陰陽; Simplified: 阴阳; Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyáng; Korean hangul: 음양; hanja: 陰陽; revised: eumyang; McCune-Reischauer: ŭmyang; Vietnamese: Âm-Dương) originates in ancient Chinese philosophy and metaphysics, which describes two primal opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe. Yin, the darker element, is ...

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Legend has it that the Buddha to be, Siddhartha Gautama, was born around the 6th century BCE. His birthplace is said to be Lumbini in the kingdom of Magadha, in what is now Nepal. His father was a king, and Siddhartha lived in luxury, being spared all hardship.

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Yin may refer to: Yin Dynasty, another name for the first historic Chinese nation and dynasty, the Shang. Yin (city), the capital of the latter half of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty. Yin (surname), a Chinese surname Yin is YIN Chengzong, a premier Chinese pianist and composer who arranged the Yellow River Concerto Yin is one of two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy; see yin and yang Other related

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Yang. Yang is the one of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, it associates with the bright Sun, represents masculine nature. See yin and yang. Yang is the transliteration of a Chinese family name Yang is Experiment 502 in Lilo and Stitch: The Series. Yang is a form of Tibetan music. Other related archivesChinese family name, Experiment 502, Lilo and Stitch: Th

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Venerable Master Yin Shun (印順導師, Yin Shun Dao Shi) (March 12th, 1906–June 4, 2005) was an important figure in modern Mahayana Buddhism. Known as a contemporary master, he was notably known as the mentor of Venerable Master Cheng Yen, the founder of Tzu-Chi Buddhist Foundation, a charity association that has gained a worldwide presence. Master Yin Shun also helped bring forth the ideal of Humanistic Buddhism, a ...

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Kuan Yin (觀音; Guan Yin; Kwan Yin etc.) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists as the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Commonly known in the West as the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin is also revered by Chinese Taoists as an Immortal. The name Kuan Yin is short for Kuan Shih Yin (py: Guan Shi Yin) which means "Observing the Sounds of the World". In Japanese, Kuan Yin is called Kannon or more formally Kanzeon ; the spelling Kwannon, based on a ...

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Yang Xuanzhi (Chinese:楊衒之) was a Chinese writer and translator of Mahayana Buddhist texts into the Chinese language, during the 6th century, under the Northern Wei Dynasty. He wrote "Stories About Buddhist Temples in Luoyang" (Chinese: 洛陽伽藍記; pinyin: Luòyáng Qiélánjì) in 547. Yang Xuanzhi relates the first introduction of Buddhism to China around 70 CE: "The establishment of the Baima Temple (Temple of the White Horse) by Emperor Ming (58-75 CE) of the Han marked the introduction of B ...

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Yang is the transliteration of Chinese family name 楊/杨, also spelt as Yeung, which means poplar literally. It can also be the transliteration of a very rare Chinese family name 羊, which is the chinese character for Goat or Sheep. Yang surname - Other variations. Yeo Yeung Yong Young Yeong Yeoh Yang surname - Prominent people with family name 楊/杨. Yang Zhen, Minister of War in c ...

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Yin (Chinese: 殷; Hanyu Pinyin: yin) is a rare Chinese surname dating to the fall of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty in 1046 BC. After the Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal surname 子 (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen dynasty, Yin 殷. The family remained aristocratic and often provided needed administrative services to the succeeding Zhou Dynasty. The last ...

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The term Quan Yin Method was coined in the 1970s by Suma Ching Hai, a popular and controversial spiritual teacher who professes that she is a manifestation of God and the Buddha, to describe the type of meditation that she practices and teaches. It is a Chinese term lending to the English translation, “contemplation on the sound.” According to Master Ching Hai, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, popularly known as Quan Yin by many Chinese Buddhists and Taoists, practiced this form of med ...

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Buddhism in Vietnam is Buddhism that had been localized to Vietnam from India and later from China. Vietnamese Buddhism has many characteristics different from Buddhism practiced in other countries. Buddhism is the most influential religion in Vietnam, with about 50 percent of Vietnamese being Buddhists. The number of practicing Buddhists numbers about three million, those who frequently visit Buddhist temples and participate in Buddhist rites number about ten million, and those living under the influence of Buddhism number in ...

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The Yin Mountains (Yin Shan or Yinshan) are mountains in the Eastern Gobi Desert steppe of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China. Among other things, they are notable for their petroglyphs. Other related archivesChina, Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolian, mountains, petroglyphs

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Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. His lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 483 BCE; it spread throughout the Indian subcontinent in the five centuries following his death. Missionaries would carry Buddhism throughout Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, as well as East Asian countries such as China, Korea, and Japan in the following two millenia. Buddhism is classified as an Ārya dharma ("Noble religion") and is one ...

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Yin is said to be the last capital of the Chinese Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC). Excavations suggest that this city was located on the site of present-day Anyang, in Henan province. See also: Yinxu ...

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Yin Chengzong (born 1941) (Chinese: 殷承宗; pinyin: Yīn Chéngzōng) is a pianist. Born on the "Piano Island" of Gulangyu in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in the People's Republic of China. Although trained as a classical pianist, he is perhaps best known to the West through the Yellow River Concerto he arranged based on the Yellow River Cantata and performed in many Western theaters since 1980s. Yin started learning the piano in 1948 when he was seven years old, and gave his first recital at the age of nine. At twelve, h ...

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Yang Chengfu (Hanyu Pinyin), or Yang Ch'eng-fu (Wade-Giles) ( 楊澄甫, 1883-1936) is historically considered the best known teacher of the soft style martial art of Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). His direct descendents, the many students he taught and their students have spread the art around the world. He was born into the famous Yang Taijiquan family, the son of Yang Chien-hou and grandson of Yang Lu-chan. With his older brother Yang Shaohou (楊少侯) and colleagues Wu Jianquan (吳鑑泉) and Sun Lutang (孫錄堂), h ...

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