These initial descriptors do a decent job of establishing the parameters for yin-yang delineation. The sunny side of a hill relative to the shady side is drier, brighter, hotter, higher, and the earth falls away from it (disperses). The shady side of a hill relative to the sunny side is wetter, darker, cooler, lower, and the earth falls into it (gathers). The old characters do a great job of illustrating the concepts for categorization.
The modern simplified characters involve the moon for yin, and the sun for yang, as they are far easier to write (at least for a westerner like me). The Chinese character for Yin was originally comprised of the character for the shady part of a hill, while the character for Yang included the character for the sunny part of a hill. Yin and Yang are categories into which the myriad things can be ascribed. As its name implies, it is a description of the changes of states in which all phenomena are expressed. The Chinese name for the yin-yang symbol is the “Grand Ultimate Map” (tai ji tu). Yang Ming / Yang Brightness = white circle Shao Yang / Lesser Yang = small white part
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