One half of the Chinese philosophical concept of yin and yang, representing complementary forces in the universe.
From Chinese 'yīn' (陰) meaning 'shady side, moon, feminine', and 'yáng' (陽) meaning 'sunny side, sun, masculine'. The concept dates back to the 3rd century BCE in Chinese philosophy and represents the duality and balance of opposite forces.
The yin-yang symbol is one of the most recognized philosophical symbols worldwide, yet many don't realize that each side contains a dot of its opposite, symbolizing that nothing is purely one thing or another. This ancient wisdom predates by millennia our modern understanding of complementarity in physics and psychology.
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