YIN YAN

In Chinese philosophy the condition of equilibrium is considered as a dynamic and constantly evolving situation rather than a fixed and valid state forever. In other words, balance is a "balance in motion" like that of a tightrope walker who moves - step by step - on a rope stretched between two pillars.

Among the concepts perhaps best known (but not therefore correctly understood!) even by those who do not have profound experience in the field of oriental culture, there is undoubtedly that of the double polarity expressed by the terms Yin and Yang.