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Boyler asked once:

Hi there,
In Ilza Veith translation on "Neijing", p. 120 there is a statement:
"The ways of Yin and Yang are to the left and to the right."
This is to say that yin movement is from the right to the left or
counterclockwise kind of movement, and yang movement is from the left to the
right or clockwise kind of movement.
Could someone tell me where I can find some similar statements (preferable
explanations *why* they - yin and yang - move like they move) about movements
of yin and yang, no matter classics or apocrypha, ancient or modern literature?
Thank you.
Wansui!
Boyler

If we translate the digrams or the trigrams (read from the centre to


the periphery) in binary language (Boolean algebra)1, we obtain:

resulting: Yang goes clockwise, and Yin goes counterclockwise.

for details, see: http://www.yijing.co.uk/downloads/oracle.pdf : Andreas Schter - Boolean


Algebra and the Yi Jing; The Oracle: The Journal Of Yijing Studies, Vol 2, No 7, Summer
1998, pp. 1934.

We obtain the same thing if we transpose the twelve meridians on the


horary cycle, and determine the succession of the three Yin and the three Yang
levels:

where:

Tai yang
Shao yang
Yang ming
Sho

Zu

Tai yin
Jue yin
Shao yin

Laureniu Teodorescu

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