Oh, crap!
So you quickly wikied that up, now you're the authority? Where did the yin/yang concept originate? Sorry, I know the I Ching well, and I'm getting bored now ...
I didn't quickly wiki it as my basis for what I said, I wikied it to show you what wikipedia says it is.
Anyway, if you're sure this is what you read rather than the Tao Te Ching mistitled perhaps as I Ching, then feel free to discuss how you derived anything much from the hexagram numeric game I am talking about which you asked about by its common title.
Its more than likely you're talking about the Tao Te Ching which you read, which is where the Yin Yang thing hits home more. There is no way that looking at a bunch of six point hexagrams for bone oracle divination is going to suddenly inspire the Yin Yang, you're probably thinking of the Tao Te Ching and calling it I Ching and then seemingly mocking me for it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang
Here comes wikipedia again, it mentions the Tao Te Ching for Yin and Yang:
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In
Daoist philosophy, dark and light, yin and yang, arrive in the
Tao Te Ching at chapter 42. It becomes sensible from an initial quiescence or emptiness (
wuji, sometimes symbolized by an empty circle), and continues moving until
quiescence is reached again. For instance, dropping a stone in a calm pool of water will simultaneously raise waves and lower troughs between them, and this alternation of high and low points in the water will radiate outward until the movement dissipates and the pool is calm once more. Yin and yang thus are always opposite and equal qualities. Further, whenever one quality reaches its peak, it will naturally begin to transform into the opposite quality: for example, grain that reaches its full height in summer (fully yang) will produce seeds and die back in winter (fully yin) in an endless cycle.
It is impossible to talk about yin or yang without some reference to the opposite, since yin and yang are bound together as parts of a
mutual whole (for example, there cannot be the bottom of the foot without the top). A way to illustrate this idea is[
citation needed] to postulate the notion of a race with only men or only women; this race would disappear in a single generation. Yet, men and women together create new generations that allow the race they mutually create (and mutually come from) to survive. The interaction of the two gives birth to things, like manhood. Yin and yang transform each other: like an undertow in the ocean, every advance is complemented by a retreat, and every rise transforms into a fall. Thus, a seed will sprout from the earth and grow upwards towards the sky—an intrinsically yang movement. Then, when it reaches its full potential height, it will fall. Also, the growth of the top seeks light, while roots grow in darkness.
Certain catchphrases have been used to express yin and yang complementarity:
- The bigger the front, the bigger the back.
- Illness is the doorway to health.
- Tragedy turns to comedy.
- Disasters turn out to be blessings. "
"
The Tao Te Ching, also known by its pinyin romanization Dao De Jing, is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. "
"
In the
I Ching, originally a divination manual of the
Western Zhou period (c. 1000–750 BC), yin and yang are represented by broken and solid lines: yin is broken (⚋) and yang is solid (⚊). These are then combined into
trigrams, which are more yang (
e.g. ☱) or more yin (
e.g. ☵) depending on the number of broken and solid lines (
e.g., ☰ is heavily yang, while ☷ is heavily yin), and trigrams are combined into hexagrams (
e.g.䷕ and ䷟). The relative positions and numbers of yin and yang lines within the trigrams determines the meaning of a trigram, and in hexagrams the upper trigram is considered yang with respect to the lower trigram, yin, which allows for complex depictions of interrelations. "
So are you talking about some commentary on the I Ching? Since its not what you seem to be thinking or saying that it is.
"
The principle of yin and yang is represented in Taoism by the Taijitu (literally "Diagram of the
Supreme Ultimate"). The term is commonly used to mean the simple "divided circle" form, but may refer to any of several schematic diagrams representing these principles, such as the
swastika, common to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Similar symbols have also appeared in other cultures, such as in
Celtic art and
Roman shield markings. "
You would need to be referring to a commentary on the I Ching markings and seem to be most likely referring to the Tao Te Ching and Taoist materials which deal more clearly on the subject than a bunch of lines and numbers for divination which is the I Ching. Similar titles which people mix up.
