A Revised Taiji Diagram to Convey the Unity of World Phenomena

Abstract

Surprisingly, the quantum computer, which utilizes the most advanced computing technology today, reveals its ultimate computing principle at the most fundamental level, the quibit, which is based on the primordial dual structure, the binary 0.1. that interacts in complementary contradiction. World phenomena can be clearly explained in a revised Confucian-Taoist metaphysical scheme to show its mathematical beauty and philosophical appeal.

Recent cosmological theories, which mainly rely on satellite observations and calculations, propose a cyclic model of an endless universe in addition to the inflationary model. Unlike string theorist, they suggest a braneworld, two branes in dynamic interaction within a medium of dark energy, initiated the Big Bang causing the violent transition that occurred between two stages of cosmic evolution taking place over a one trillion year period. These episodes of expansion and contraction in ever-cycling polarities will eventually lead to the next Big Bang. Existing without a true beginning or end, they seem to shed some light on neo-Confucian speculation about the evolution of the universe, crystallized in the Taiji diagram, most notably interpreted by Zhu, Dewin during the Yuan time period. Zhu posited that the finite, identifiable, concrete universe (taiji) evolved from infiniteness or nothingness (wuji.) The known world consists of a dual structure, ying-yang, interacting in harmonious balance. Existence depends on the world’s constant repetition of cyclical changes, for instance, the cyclical duality of day and night, which in turn shapes all things and events and implies infinite nothingness (wuji o.) For instance, different branches of a stream emerge from one source and eventually return to their fundamental source, the ocean. Space and time are in unity even if our perception separates them into separate spheres of left versus right or present versus future. A balance exists between the macroscopic and microscopic world. One can discern the unity between East and West, the known and the unknown, through the simple but tremendously profound taiji diagram and its recent interpretations.