Relationship between Yang and Yin, and Man and Woman.
Relationship between Yang and Yin, and Man and Woman.
We will next examine the relationship between yang and yin with regard to man and woman. In the Orient, from ancient times, man and woman have been equated with yang and yin. In Unification Thought, however, man is considered as a “yang substantial being” and woman as a “yin substantial being.” The oriental philosophical view and the viewpoint of Unification Thought concerning man and woman seem to be, but are not, the same.
In Unification Thought, man is the “union of sungsang and Hyungsang with yang characteristics” and woman is the “union of sungsang and Hyungsang with yin characteristics.” Thus, man is described as a “yang substantial being” and woman as a “yin substantial being.”
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