In the naming of life forms, common names are yang, and scientific names are yin. That’s without exception. One of the things that makes common names yang is that they are easy to remember. In my quest to learn our... Read More

Yin and yang don’t exist separately. They only exist in continuum—as part of a larger context—always as part of a larger concept. In the context of trees in general, a living tree is a yang thing and a dead tree... Read More