YIN YANG
Musings on different cultural
values.
I'm told there is a Chinese dialect that has no
possessive pronoun - no words to identify ownership. Now wouldn't
that make a
difference to how the world is
viewed.
It's interesting that in asking around about the meaning of Yin and Yang we hear words like 'opposites'; 'male and female'; 'black and white'. I'm not saying such understandings are wrong - I would probably describe Yin and Yang in similar terms - but I can't help thinking they miss some vital essence of the point. Coming from the Western hemisphere, it is hard to understand the basic assumptions of a culture that tolerates in its very language absence of ownership.
first published 01/09/06
It's interesting that in asking around about the meaning of Yin and Yang we hear words like 'opposites'; 'male and female'; 'black and white'. I'm not saying such understandings are wrong - I would probably describe Yin and Yang in similar terms - but I can't help thinking they miss some vital essence of the point. Coming from the Western hemisphere, it is hard to understand the basic assumptions of a culture that tolerates in its very language absence of ownership.
first published 01/09/06
Posted: Sat - February 10, 2007 at 03:54 PM
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