Taichi, or Taiji, Symbology starts with its famous but somehow too simplified symbol. It is often described as two fish shapes circling each other. However, it is always depicted in an image of two tear drops instead. Taichi really starts out as a contrast to the Wuji symbol and ends with an image that intends to present its all-encompassing idea by dealing with contrasts. The Taichi symbol is a flattened image of at least three layers of circles. It starts out with Yin, a black circle to contrast Wuchi, a circle that symbolizes void. Then it adds Yang, a white circle to contrast Yin. After that, it adds another layer of two much smaller circles, one black Lesser Yin and one white Lesser Yang. When these three layers are flattened, they are flattened, following the design of contrast, as one image of Yin and yang, shown with the suggestion of a perpetual flux. Taichi Symbology thus started out with the logic of Yin and Yang, which can be reiterated in terms of Fuzzy Logic today. Its model of five subsets, Greater Yin, Lesser Yin, Neutral (Wuchi), Lesser Yang, and Greater Yang, has been adapted in the theory of Five Elements/Phases (Wuxing) for centuries in the East. Taichi Symbology is best explained through thoroughly examining its many applications which were created in the past and which are still applicable today. These applications include Chinese Internal Medicine, Divining Art and Martial Art. Its model may also be validated and further used in future applications of Fuzzy Logic.
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