![]() ![]() Ming period author Lai Zhide (1525–1604) simplified the taijitu to a design of two interlocking spirals with two black-and-white dots superimposed on them, became synonymous with the Yellow River Map. The two most similar are the Taiji Xiantiandao and the 無極圖 wújítú diagrams, both of which have been extensively studied during the Qing period for their possible connection with Zhou Dunyi's taijitu. The Daozang, a Taoist canon compiled during the Ming era, has at least half a dozen variants of the taijitu. Such a diagram was first introduced by Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi ( 周敦頤 1017–1073) of the Song Dynasty in his Taijitu shuo ( 太極圖說). In Chinese philosophy, a taijitu ( simplified Chinese: 太极图 traditional Chinese: 太極圖 pinyin: tàijítú Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴chi²tʻu²) is a symbol or diagram ( 图 tú) representing Taiji ( 太极 tàijí 'utmost extreme') in both its monist ( wuji) and its dualist ( yin and yang) in application as a deductive and inductive theoretical model. ![]()
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