Chinese Language & Philosophy For TCM Majors  (more in the e-learning course)

Provides the foundations and original understanding of Chinese philosophy for those exploring a career in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine. For example,

Where does the Yin Yang Symbol come from?

is a well-known Chinese Yin Yang symbol. Sometimes it's called Tai-Chi symbol. The Tai-Chi is from I-Ching. The I-Ching is the greatest foundation of Chinese philosophy. It抯 development is from the natural phenomena of our universe.After observing the universe, ancient Chinese found that the universe is changing every day.

The Chinese characters of I-Ching are . The second character means a book, a profound book. The first character means change. Some people call it as "The Book of Changes". The original Chinese character of is , which is a symbol combining the sun (top) and moon (bottom). It's easy for people to understand the philosophy by talking about the sun (Yang), moon (Yin) and universe.