Yin and yang 陰陽 ☯️

Primary source texts

• Dong, Zhongshu. Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn. Edited by Sarah A Queen and John S Major. Translations from the Asian Classics. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
  • • • “Group 5: Yin-Yang Principles” contains an introduction (pp. 386-390) with a description of the individual chapters (pp. 390-403), and a discussion of the issues of dating and attribution. The translation starts on p. 408, with original commentary from the text and footnotes from the translators.
      • Chinese title of the text: Chunqiu fanlu, (WG: Ch’un-ch’iu fan-lu) 春秋繁露, sometimes also translated as Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals.

Secondary sources

• Littlejohn, Ronny. “Wuxing (Wu-hsing).” In The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/wuxing/.
  • • • Basic introduction to the concept of the Five Phases (Chinese: Wuxing), which is often linked to Yin-Yang theory.
• Loewe, Michael. Dong Zhongshu, a “Confucian” Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu. China Studies, V. 20. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
  • • • Dong Zhongshu (179–104 BCE) is the author of the Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn.
• Wang, Robin R. “Yinyang (Yin-yang).” In The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/yinyang/.
  • • • Basic introduction to the concepts yin and yang.