ABSTRACT
The sexual nature of the cycle is abundantly clear. The anticipation, act, and aftermath of the union of and yáng, female and male, resulting in the oneness of the quiescent dào, is multifaceted-erotic, philosophical, transcendental, ecstatic. Man the farmer, who is yáng, tills the soil which is :
and between them they mirror the grand cycle of life; a harmonious union produces wellbeing, and more esoterically, it prolongs life, and so on.
