This term refers to two things that are mutually opposite to but complementing each other and that they mutually transform between them. Everything is an antithesis to something else. Both antithetic sides are opposite to each other. Therefore there is mutual exclusion between them, such as you and wu, long and short, high and low, good and bad, and…
This term means to hold obsequies in a proper way and cherish the memory of those long deceased. This is what Zengzi (505-436 BC) believed one should do toward the deceased. As someone passed away, with the passage of time, people close to him would forget the care and love shown to them by the deceased. So people should follow due procedures at a f…
Here, bi (比) means to arrange and combine something in a certain way, and yue(乐) means to express through music. As a noun in its broad sense, yue refers to both the arrangement of sounds and the dance that accompanies the music. When a person experiences changes of feeling, triggered by external encounter, he will naturally make a variety of soun…