Taiji (philosophy)

Taiji
A diagram illustrating the concept of taiji, called a taijitu. The above design, depicting interlocking swirls of yin and yang around a central void, is the symbol's original form as introduced by Ming-era philosopher Lai Zhide
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaning"Supreme Pole/goal"
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetThái cực
Chữ Hán太極
Korean name
Hangul태극
Hanja太極
Japanese name
Kanji太極
Kanaたいきょく

In Chinese philosophy, taiji (Chinese: 太極; pinyin: tàijí; Wade–Giles: t'ai chi; lit. 'greatest extent'; trans. "supreme ultimate") is a cosmological state of the universe and its affairs on all levels, involving the interaction of Yin and Yang, Sanbao (三宝), Four directions and the Wuxing (五行) and finally, all things and their nature in the universe. More concretely, taiji is a conceptual current throughout technological, religious and philosophical traditions indigenous to China, contemporaneously studied and applied in the profession of acupuncture, and within traditional Chinese medicine throughout and beyond the Sinosphere of east Asia


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