lesser yin
In yin-yang philosophy, the stage when yin begins to grow within yang; often associated with autumn or the west.
In the I Ching, lesser yin corresponds to the autumn season.
少陽 is the lesser yang, the complementary opposite of 少陰 in the four-phase cycle.
Standard kanji spelling for this yin-yang concept.
Variant spelling; less common than 少陰.
From Chinese 少陰／少阴 (shàoyīn), a term in traditional yin-yang cosmology.