Robin R.Wang

Existing as one in many, Dao can explain identity in difference and unity in plurality. It entails a sense or vision of Dao as the single unifying force within phenomenal reality, while seeing this reality in all its complexity. In particular, along with constant change there is an underlying stability both in things and their patterns.

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Published as a chapter of Yinyang: the way of heaven and earth in Chinese thought and culture, Cambridge University Press, 2012. Republished here with thanks.