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太极图tàijítú我国古代说明宇宙现象的图,一种是用圆形的图像表示阴阳对立面的统一体,圆形外边附八卦方位,道教常用它做标志。另一种是宋周敦颐所画的,代表宋代理学对于世界形成问题的一种看法。他认为太极是天地万物的根源,太极分为阴阳二气,由阴阳二气产生木、火、土、金、水这五行,五行之精凝合而生人类,阴阳化合而生万物。{Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate; ancient Chinese diagram on the universe, coming in two forms. One, represented by a circular pattern surrounded by the Eight Diagrams, indicates the unity of yin and yang, and serves as the logo of Taoism. The other, drawn by Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty, embodies the opinion of the Confucian school of idealist philosophy of his times that the Supreme Ultimate is the origin of the multitude of things in the universe, and consists of yin and yang that give rise to metal, wood, water, fire and earth — the Five Elements that condensed to give rise to humankind and combined to produce the multitude of things.} |