I am so excited that I have the same background with the article.

When I was in middle school, we have learned the concepts of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and we also known these are the three most important philosophies that constitute the Chinese culture. We all see that Yin and Yang depend on each other, creating a constant motion, rising and falling like waves, and maintain mutual harmony. As a man and woman are partners in a dance of love and life, the concepts of Yin and Yang, not only opposed, but also complement each other. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen. They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other. As the article mentioned, Yin Yang is a Taoist philosophical principle, which represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work and how they think about life. Ying represents female elements such as the moon, night, water, weakness, darkness, etc., while Yang, male elements such as the sun, day, fire, strength, brightness, clearness, hardness, activities. Laozi is the founder for Taoism. Taoist writings state that all things and all processes contain two primal energies or forces. These two basic aspects of manifestation often are described as masculine and feminine, light and dark, negative and positive, creative and receptive. The original meaning of the term signified the light and dark sides of a mountain. From a Taoist point of view, however, these two polar opposites are not seen as distinctly separate or in conflict, but rather as interdependent and complementary. In conclusion, we can state that the whole process of creation and being has been considered by the Chinese philosophers as a result of interaction, but not antagonism of Yin and Yang, which tend to each other.