Dr. Eun Kim, drawing on her Asian background, approaches the study of American culture from the perspective of the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang, or complementary opposites.

EACH person is labelled as Yin or Yang based on one of the five elements which is determined by their year of birth. Chinese astrology explains the importance behind Yin and Yang and how it can imp… ...

You can see this by looking at the yin yang symbol. The yin yang concept is not the same as Western dualism, because the two opposites are not at war, but in harmony.

When you narrow down your idea pool and throw away all conventional and obvious ideas, you engage in Yang-style convergent thinking. Yin 3: Design realistic, meaningful concepts.

Instead, a balance of both is desirable. This thinking is different from the concept of duality where one state overcomes the other, e.g. good over evil. In Yin Yang, too much of either one is bad.