Concept of dualism and complementarity in Chinese philosophy, cosmology, traditional medicine, fengshui, and protoscience, opposing “yang“ (for solar, masculine, active, warm) with “yin“ (for lunar, feminine, passive, cool)

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Yin yang wu xing : po̓ i, ch̓üan shih, chi huo / Xue-pe̓ng Yang.

A flourishing Yin : gender in China's medical history, 960-1665 / Charlotte Furth.

MS Japanese 30

The Yin Yang concept in the treatment of mental illness / F. Lieh-Mak.

Yin-Yang and the nature of correlative thinking / A.C. Graham.

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Yin yang wu xing : po̓ i, ch̓üan shih, chi huo / Xue-pe̓ng Yang.

A flourishing Yin : gender in China's medical history, 960-1665 / Charlotte Furth.

MS Japanese 30

The Yin Yang concept in the treatment of mental illness / F. Lieh-Mak.

Yin-Yang and the nature of correlative thinking / A.C. Graham.