Duad is in reference to the couple; two items of the same kind; often thought of as yin-yang, the couple or two items of the same kind or that which is nature. The way of nature is the interplay of the light and dark as represented in the symbol of yin-yang. The two principles that combine in various stages or modulations of light and dark which is that we call the world and its way, the principles of the yin and the yang.
In ancient Chinese thought the yang and yin in their origins refer to the sunny and shady side of the stream; the yang being the sunny side, and the yin being the shady side.
As stated in the ken-po goku-i as well as other more in depth ancient Chinese classics, Earth and Sun are associated respectively with the feminine and the masculine "principles" and with the passive and the active principles.
Light is not better than dark nor dark is not better than light; just two principles on which the world rests: the light and the dark. The great Tai Chi or the great Duad, yang and yin.
Bibliography:
Campbell, Joseph. "Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal." New World Library. Novato, California. 2003.
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Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
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