In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (/jɪn/ and; Chinese: 陰陽 yīnyáng,
lit. "dark-bright", "negative-positive") is a concept of dualism in
ancient Chinese philosophy, describing how seemingly opposite or
contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and
interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each
other as they interrelate to one another.
In Chinese cosmology, the
universe creates itself out of a primary chaos of material energy,
organized into the cycles of Yin and Yang and formed into objects and
lives.
Yin is the receptive and Yang the active principle, seen in all
forms of change and difference such as the annual cycle (winter and
summer), the landscape (north-facing shade and south-facing brightness),
sexual coupling (male and female), the formation of both men and women
as characters, and sociopolitical history (disorder and order). (Wikipedia)