术语“阴阳”的详细信息

英译术语:

yin and yang

汉语语境:

阴阳是中国哲学中两个重要的对立概念，原指阳面与阴面。后来被用来指代宇宙中最基本的两种力量，男性的、积极的、强大的、建设性的元素为阳；女性的、消极的、弱小的、破坏性的元素为阴。宇宙间万物都是阴阳相互作用的产物。

英语语境:

Yin and yang are two important opposite concepts in Chinese philosophy, referring originally to the sunny and shady sides in the physical world. Later they were regarded as two essential cosmic forces. In its abstract sense, Yang represents the masculine, the positive, the strong and the constructive elements while Yin relatively represents the feminine, the negative, the weak and the destructive elements. All things in the universe are products of the interactions of the two forces.

英译术语:

yin-yang

汉语语境:

《泰》、《否》两卦辞“小往大来”、“大往小来”，是理解《泰》、《否》两卦的关键，历史上都是以乾坤阴阳的性质来的解释；但如果深入思考，“小往大来”、“大往小来”还体现了思维的不同走向，即由特殊到一般和由一般到特殊的不同走向，而这正是反映了先秦思维发展的逻辑顺序。卦序中由《泰》到《否》以及《周易》六十四卦序的安排不是任意制定的，而是这种思维发展的逻辑顺序的反映。

英语语境:

How to interpret the two phases that "small to big” and "big to small” are the key in explaining the hexagrams of Tai and Pi. Historically, they are often approached with the theory of Yin-Yang. In fact, these two phases represent two kinds of different thinking inclinations in tpre-Qin period. They means respectively"from the particular to the universe” and "from the universe to the particular”. Moreover, the sequence from Tai to Pi in Zhou Yi is not arranged randomly but a reflection of the logic of the thinking trend.