Lai Zhide
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was a Ming period Neo-Confucian philosopher. He introduced into Chinese philosophy the well-known "Yin and Yang symbol", the taijitu
Taijitu
Taijitu is a term which refers to a Chinese symbol for the concept of yin and yang...

(a "diagram of the great ultimate
Taiji
Taiji 太極 is a Chinese cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potentiality, contrasted with the Wuji 無極 "Without Ultimate"...

").
Lai Zhide is the author of an I Ching
I Ching
The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...

 commentary, the Explanation of the Classic of Change Annotated by Mr Lai (ed. Zheng Can 1988).

See also

  • Li Zhi (Ming Dynasty)
  • Zhou Dun-yi, a 11th century Neo-Confucian who had also presented a taijitu
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