1. The Tai Chi diagram is said to have been taught by Chen Tuan, a Taoist priest of the Song Dynasty. Chen Tuan was a Taoist priest from the Five Dynasties to the early Song Dynasty. He had profound knowledge of Taoist thought and Yi Xue. According to historical records, Chen Tuan once passed the "Tai Chi Diagram of Houtian", "Bagua Diagram", "He Diagram" and "Luoshu" to his student Zhongfang, who passed it on to Mu Xiu, Li Gai and others. Mu Xiu passed "Tai Chi Tu" to Zhou Dunyi. Zhou Dunyi wrote "Tai Chi Tu Shuo" to explain it.

2. The significance of Tai Chi Diagram is mainly reflected in several aspects:

(1) Although Tai Chi Diagram is simple and clear, it consists of a circle, a curve, two dots, and two black and white lines. It is a fish figure, but through the illustrations and interpretations of the past dynasties, it constitutes a huge "Tai Chi philosophy" system with rich and profound meanings. The core of the system is Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang contain not only the metaphysical way of the universe and the great laws between heaven and man, but also the metaphysical laws of life.

The Tai Chi Diagram covers the main ideas of the "Book of Changes" - the first of China's "hundreds of classics" - in simple graphic language, creating a huge, deep-rooted Tai Chi philosophical system that highlights the Chinese The ancestors had extraordinary wisdom in understanding the way all things in the universe change, so they enjoy the reputation of "the first map of China".

(2) As early as six to seven thousand years ago, our ancestors have summarized the origin and changes of all things in the universe through the dialectical contradiction of Yin and Yang in the Tai Chi Diagram, which is at least more advanced than the origin of ancient Greek philosophy 2,600 years ago. It was two to three thousand years earlier, so many scholars agree that Tai Chi is the origin of Chinese philosophy and also the origin of world philosophy.

(3) Tai Chi diagram not only profoundly affects the way of thinking, ideological and cultural concepts and humanistic character of the Chinese nation, but also has a profound impact on the development of the world.

On the national flags of South Korea and Mongolia; on the aircraft emblems of the air forces of Singapore and Angola; on the emblems of the Olympic Games in South Korea and Germany, and the Asian Games in South Korea; and on the trademark of the world's first computer developed by the United States; In the paintings and costumes of American Indians, the brilliance of Taichi shines with the light of human wisdom and philosophy.

Extended information:

Tai Chi diagram, an ancient Chinese general diagram that summarizes Yin and Yang and reflects the laws of occurrence, development and changes in the world: the outer circle symbolizes Tai Chi, and the inner circle is divided into black and white rings with an S curve. Arc shape, white with a black dot, black with a white dot. Black is yin and white is yang, symbolizing the mutual roots of yin and yang; the arc shape is like two fish swimming together to show the endless changes of yin and yang.

Modern people think that the Tai Chi Diagram is a summary of the "wave-particle duality": its circular shape is the particle nature, and the S-curve in the middle is the wave nature; it is also believed that the Tai Chi Diagram is the celestial sphere of the universe in the horizontal plane. The two small dots are used to determine the north and south directions, and the S-shaped curve is an illustration of the projection of the orbits of the sun, the moon, the five planets and other celestial bodies in the horizontal plane... The opinions are controversial, but it proves that the Tai Chi diagram has eternal life.

The black in the Tai Chi Diagram is reminiscent of the black of "black holes" and "dark matter", representing yin, soft, earth, water, moon, female, kun, night, negative, passivity, darkness, and death. In ancient Chinese culture, black is a symbol of the north and represents water, one of the five elements. Water is the origin of life, but it also goes hand in hand with death. This alone shows the advanced dialectical thinking of the Chinese people.

The white color of Tai Chi Diagram reminds me of the white color of "white dwarf" and "collapse star", which represents Yang, Gang, Heaven, Fire, Sun, Male, Stem, Day, Upright, Active, Bright and New Life. ... Chinese people talk about black and white, black is in front and white is in the back, because chaos is in the front and clarity is in the back. This is just like talking about yin and yang, yin comes in front and yang comes in behind.

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