mutual arising, n.All

Mutual arising (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Chinese way of seeing a situation: its features imply one another as back implies front, and chickens imply eggs.

Mutual arising (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the key to yin and yang, which the Chinese call hsiang sheng: the two cannot be pulled apart, any more than the two sides of a coin.