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Two Polarities

The interchange of energy in the TAI JI created two equal but opposite extreme sets of energy known as “YIN” (the largest shade of black) and “YANG” (the largest shade of white). YIN energy is represented by a broken line and YANG energy a continuous line in Chinese Metaphysics. The philosophy behind YIN YANG is the need for balance and with balance harmony can be achieved even in the most extreme of things. For example the words “Yes” and “No” need and will be meaningless without each other but they are the extreme opposite and at the same time balances each other,  similar for the 1s and 0s in the binary code and the need for both day light and night fall.

Four Phases

During the transition of the interchange between YIN and YANG, four additional energy phases are created. The additional energy phases are represented with the stacking of one YIN and one YANG LINE on top of the YIN and YANG baselines. During this time, YIN is not fully YIN yet, represented by Less YIN, YANG is not fully YANG yet,represented by Less YANG. Less YIN and Less YANG will ultimately reach More YIN and More YANG. A second philosophy here is nothing is perfect and within YIN there is YANG and within YANG there is YIN denoted by the white dot in the black patch and the black dot in the white patch within the TAI JI symbol. The transition from one extreme to another can also be generated from the black dot in the white patch and the white dot in the black patch in the TAI JI. The Four Phases at this stage are four energy phases denoted by “Water”, “Wood”, “Fire” and “Metal” and also translate to the four main directions North, East, South and West respectively in Chinese Metaphysics.

Eight Sectors

两仪

太极中的能量交换创造了两个相等但相反的极端能量集，称为“阴”（最大的黑色阴影）和“阳”（最大的白色阴影）。 阴气在中华易学中用虚线表示，阳气用实线表示。 阴阳背后的哲学是平衡，即使在最极端的事物中也可以实现平衡和谐。 举些例子，“是”和“否”这两个词需要并且没有彼此就没有意义，但它们是极端相反的，同时又相互平衡，类似有二进制代码中的1 和0和白天与夜晚。

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