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This article is about a concept in Taoism. For other uses, see Taiji (disambiguation).

"Taichi" redirects here. For the form of martial art, see Tai Chi Chuan.

Taiji

A commonly used version of a symbol for Taiji, called Taijitu

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese:

太極

Simplified Chinese:

太极

Literal meaning:

"Supreme Ultimate"

Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:	tàijí
- Wade-Giles:	T'ai Chi
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping:	tai3 gik6
- IPA:	/tɑɪ3 gɪk6/

Japanese name

Kanji:

太極

Kana:

たいきょく

Transliterations
- Romaji:	Taikyoku

Korean name

Hangul:

태극

Hanja:

太極

Transliterations
- Revised Romanization:	Taegeuk
- McCune- Reischauer:	T'aegŭk

Vietnamese name

Vietnamese:

thái cực

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Taiji (太極) is a state of being from Tao and Wuji. It is a state of absolute, and of infinite potentiality. In Tao Te Ching, Tao manifested as One, which is Taiji (text reference 1). In a Taoist guidance book, the same verse was amplified as out of Tao came Taiji, which then split into yin and yang or Two Aspects, yin and yang slitting into the Four Realms, Wu xing the Five Elements, and from there the world was created (text reference 2).

Taiji was a state in which the world became intelligible before creation. Taiji may be equated to the One, Oneness, Unity, as in attaining One or Unity (得一) ^[1] and as stated in the Tao Te Ching (text reference 3).

1 Core concept
2 See Also
3 Text Reference
4 Notes
5 Reference
6 External Links

Core concept

In a Chinese creation story, Taiji was personified as Xuanxuan Shangren.

Text Reference

1. Tao te Ching Chapter 42 : 道生一。一生二。二生三。三生萬物
2. Tiantang Yiuchi Chapter 4 : 原由無極 (Wuji) 元始一動而生太極 (Taiji)，太極含兩儀 (two aspects) 陰陽 (yin and yang)，而化三才四象 (Four Realms) 五行(Wu xing)……。
3. Tao Te Ching Chapter 39 : 昔之得一者。天得一以清。地得一以寧。神得一以靈。谷得一以盈。萬物得一以生。

Notes

^ Robinet (1981), p. 16.

Reference

Robinet, Isabelle. Taoism: Growth of a Religion (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997 [original French 1992]) page 103. ISBN 0-8047-2839-9.

External Links

Tiantang YiuChi 天堂遊記 in chinese

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