Ch’i wu
Ch’i wu
The equality of things and opinions, the identity of contraries. “Viewed from the standpoint of Tao, a beam and a pillar are identical. So are ugliness and beauty, greatness, wickedness, perverseness, and strangeness. Separation is the same as construction; construction is the same as destruction.” Therefore the sages harmonize the systems of right and wrong, and rest in the equilibrium of nature (t’ien chun). “This is called following two courses at the same time.” (Chuang Tzu, between 399 and 295 B.C.) — W.T.C.