As an abstract concept, Yin-Yang thought mainly comes from Laozi, Wen Zi, Huangdi Four Classics, Liezi, Zhuangzi and Yi Zhuan, and is the source of hundreds of thoughts. The earth has not been seen by the world until today, and there are only heaven and earth, yin and yang, day and night, four seasons and unfathomable in the hearts of the ancient philosophers.

The other side of the earth is opposite, and the result of opposition must be yin and yang. I am Yin, I am Yang, I am Yin. The process of discovering Tao is the process of discovering the origin of human beings.

In the view of nature, the theory of cosmic evolution is put forward by using the concept of yin and yang in Laozi's classics. According to the division of Kyushu in Shangshu Gong Yu, Kyushu is only a part of the whole universe, and China is considered as Chixian Shenzhou, with a small Kyushu inside and one of the "big Kyushu" outside (Hu Shi once praised the geographical view of Yin and Yang in the History of China Medieval Thought).

In the view of history, the concept of five elements in Shangshu Hongfan is transformed into the theory of "five virtues ending in the beginning" (which will be discussed below), and it is believed that the rise and fall of dynasties are dominated by five elements; In political ethics, it is also "stop at benevolence and thrift, and respect each other." At the same time, it is emphasized that "harmony due to yin and yang" contains some knowledge of astronomy, calendar, meteorology and geography, which has certain scientific value.

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Zou Yan

Zou Yan (about 305 BC-240 BC) was a poet, a native of Qi State (now Xianggong Village, Zhangqiu, Shandong Province), the founder of Yin and Yang Family, and a famous Taoist figure. Because of his pedantry in learning, he is called Tan, and he is regarded as Zou Zi (or film). He is good at deducing the rise and fall of political affairs with the evolution of astronomical phenomena and five virtues. There are mainly "Kyushu Theory" and "Five Virtues in the End".

His deeds recorded in the old history are false, but it is certain that he came from the late Warring States period. Zou Yan was studying, and he paid more attention to learning than Qi. Welcome to Wei and the suburbs. When I arrive in Zhao, treat me as a guest and host. When I arrived in Yan, I personally swept the dust for him, listened to his lectures, built the Kersh Palace for him, and held a ceremony to accept disciples. Therefore, it is speculated that he may have died after the battle of Changping.

Zou Yan is a Taoist, and he also got the truth. When Zou Yan had a close relationship with Taoism; His ideological theory originated from Taoism in Xia Ji. "Although it is difficult to know the details of Zou Yan's theory, we can safely say that the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in the Spring and Autumn Period is the theoretical source of Zou Yan's theory, while the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in the Four Classics of Huangdi and Guanzi, which originated from Jixia Academy, is its direct ideological source."

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Yin-Yang School is a philosophical school that prevailed from the end of Warring States to the beginning of Han Dynasty. Zou Yan, a native of Qi, is its founder. Yin-Yang scholars' knowledge is called "Yin-Yang Theory", and its core content is "Yin-Yang and Five Elements". Yin-yang theory is one of the most important philosophical thoughts of the Chinese nation. Sima Qian said in "Historical Records" that the knowledge of Yin and Yang scholars "deeply observes the news of Yin and Yang and makes strange changes."

Lu's Chunqiu, Huainanzi and Chunqiu are all directly influenced by Zou Yan's theory. It is worth noting that the Book of Changes did not put forward the concepts of Yin and Yang and Taiji, but the Book of Changes, which was influenced by Taoism and Yin and Yang.

The Yin-Yang school thought combines the numerology thought since ancient times with the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and further develops it, constructing a large-scale cosmic schema, trying to explain the causes and changing laws of natural phenomena.

Works:

Zou Yan's works "Zou Zi" and "The End of Zou Zi" are said to have hundreds of words, but they have long been lost. At present, only some paragraphs in Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and Sima Qian's Historical Records can show his thoughts. ?

Han Art Literature and History contains 369 articles of 2 1 yin and yang writers. The beginning and end of public life, 14 articles, and Gongsun Law, 22 articles. Forty-nine articles by Zou Zi. Fifty-six articles by Zou Zichu. Five articles on Riding on the Hill. Six countries time. Five articles by Du Wengong. There are twenty pieces, including the Yellow Emperor Tai Su. , but except for a small number of remnants, they are all dead.

Twenty-one kinds of works of this school are recorded in Hanshu Yiwenzhi, all of which have been lost. It is mainly found in Laozi, Wen Zi, Four Classics of Huangdi, Liezi, Zhuangzi, Yi Zhuan, Guanzi, Huangdi Neijing, Cao Shi Yinyang, Yinyang A-B Book.

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