Yin, Yang, and the Nature of Change

How to think about change, with the Chinese philosopher Zou Yan

Shanglin Park. Attributed to Qiu Ying (ca. 1494–1552), Ming dynasty. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Philosophical Alchemist

The philosopher Zou Yan (鄒衍) lived between 305 and 240CE. He is associated with the so-called Yin Yang School (yinyang jia 陰陽家), also sometimes referred to as the school of Chinese naturalism.