《Laws of the universe》English Version: The Series of Oriental Wisdom, #7

By Sun WeiZe

The resonance between the laws of the universe and traditional Chinese culture: the eternal resonance from the heavens to the human heart. When modern science uses formulas and observations to reveal the laws of the universe's operation, we often find that those laws about balance, transformation, and symbiosis have already flowed through the genes of traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years. From the concept of "yin and yang mutually arising" in the Book of Changes to the Taoist concept of "Dao follows nature", from the Confucian concept of "the doctrine of the mean" to the traditional Chinese concept of "qi and blood circulation", Chinese sages have touched the pulse of the laws of the universe through intuitive understanding and philosophical insight. This cross temporal correspondence is not accidental, but rather a result of human cognition of the "universal principle of all things" - the laws of the universe are the skeleton of heaven and earth, and traditional Chinese culture is the flower of Eastern wisdom that grows on this skeleton.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sun WeiZe
• Release date: Oct 3, 2025
• ISBN: 9798232017323

Sun WeiZe

孙维择，富仁文化传媒董事长、私享会创始人，兼跨界作家、画家、音乐制作人。 商业领域，他以行业洞察力引领文化产业突破，搭建高端交流平台；创作领域，其文学作品以东方智慧与自悟为核，画作与音乐则聚焦能量疗愈，以多元艺术形式传递宁静力量。             Sun Weize is the Chairman of Furen Culture Media, Founder of the Private Salon, and a cross-border writer, painter, and music producer. In the business sector, he leverages his industry insight to drive breakthroughs in the cultural industry and build a high-end communication platform. In the creative field, his literary works are centered on Oriental wisdom and self-realization, while his paintings and music focus on energy healing, conveying the power of tranquility through diverse artistic expressions.  

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Volume 7《Laws of the universe》English Version

The resonance between the laws of the universe and traditional Chinese culture: the eternal resonance from the heavens to the human heart. When modern science uses formulas and observations to reveal the laws of the universe's operation, we often find that those laws about balance, transformation, and symbiosis have already flowed through the genes of traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years. From the concept of yin and yang mutually arising in the Book of Changes to the Taoist concept of Dao follows nature, from the Confucian concept of the doctrine of the mean to the traditional Chinese concept of qi and blood circulation, Chinese sages have touched the pulse of the laws of the universe through intuitive understanding and philosophical insight. This cross temporal correspondence is not accidental, but rather a result of human cognition of the universal principle of all things - the laws of the universe are the skeleton of heaven and earth, and traditional Chinese culture is the flower of Eastern wisdom that grows on this skeleton.

Modern cosmology holds that the universe originated from a singularity explosion, and all subsequent evolution follows self consistent physical laws, from elementary particles to galaxy clusters, from matter energy to spatiotemporal structure, forming an inseparable whole. This kind of unity cognition resonates wonderfully with the Taoist cosmology of the Tao gives birth to one, one life gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. The Dao in Laozi's writings is not a concrete existence, but a cosmic origin that is born naturally and operates according to the law of Zhou Xing without danger. It is intangible and formless, yet it can be the mother of heaven and earth; It is chaotic yet contains the potential to generate all things. This has a similar direction to the theory of everything pursued by modern physics (such as unified field theory) - attempting to find the ultimate law that governs all phenomena.

Zhuangzi further proposed that heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me, extending the integrity of the universe to the relationship between humans and all things. This, along with the entanglement of microscopic particles revealed by quantum mechanics and the concept of Earth's community of life emphasized by ecology, fundamentally points to the understanding that the universe is an organic whole: laws are not scattered dogmas, but the bloodline that runs through all things.

Chinese traditional culture never regards the universe as a collection of isolated fragments, but rather grasps the world with a holistic view. The Book of Changes uses the sixty-four hexagrams to deduce the human affairs of heaven and earth, believing that Tai Chi gives birth to the two rituals, the two rituals give birth to the four phenomena, and the four phenomena give birth to the eight trigrams. The evolution from chaos to order has a metaphorical fit with the process of the universe from singularity to galaxy formation. This consistent thinking, together with the cosmological principle discovered by modern science (that the universe is uniform and isotropic on a large scale), confirms the integrity of the laws of the universe - whether in the East or the West, ancient or modern, humans are aware of the same truth: the universe is a unified and interconnected whole, and laws are its internal logic.

One of the core characteristics of the laws of the universe is the unity of opposites and dynamic balance. From the mutual attraction of positive and negative charges to the combined effect of attraction and repulsion; In the symmetrical existence of matter and antimatter, the universe seeks balance in opposition and achieves transformation in contradiction. This dialectical relationship is most condensed in traditional Chinese culture through the theory of yin and yang. The Book of Changes uses the basic symbols of yin line and yang line, and believes that one yin and one yang is the way. Yin and Yang are not absolutely opposed, but rather interdependent and mutually transforming: the cathode produces Yang, and the anode produces Yin, just like the transition from winter to spring in the cycle of four seasons, the connection between night and day in the alternation of day and night. This is in line with the theory of symmetry breaking in modern physics - the perfect symmetry at the birth of the universe was broken by small perturbations, which led to the generation of matter; The balance between yin and yang was disrupted and rebuilt, which led to the evolution of all things.

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Traditional Chinese medicine applies the theory of yin and yang to the human body, believing that yin is peaceful and yang is secret, and spirit is the cure. The health of the human body lies in the dynamic balance of yin and yang, which is essentially a manifestation of the law of cosmic balance, as well as the balance between producers and consumers in the ecosystem and the balance between energy release and gravitational contraction in the universe.

The Confucian doctrine of the mean interprets the law of balance from a humanistic perspective. The central principle is the foundation of the world; the harmonious principle is the ultimate path of the world. This emphasizes impartiality and the principle of not exceeding limits, which shares common wisdom with the concepts of the stability of stars comes from the balance between nuclear fusion and gravity and the survival of life depends on the stability of the internal and external environment "in the universe.

The theory of the Five Elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) in traditional Chinese culture further elevates the unity of opposites into a transformation relationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint: wood generates fire, fire generates soil, soil generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood, while wood restrains soil, soil restrains water, water restrains fire, fire restrains metal, and metal restrains wood. This cyclic transformation is similar to the mutual transformation of energy and matter, the equivalent exchange of mass and energy (E=mc ²) in the universe, reflecting the law of conservation of the universe in transformation and evolution in conservation.

Modern science has discovered that the universe is a vast ecosystem: galaxies interact with each other through gravity, stars provide energy to planets, planet environments nurture life, and life changes the planet's atmosphere through metabolism - all things are interdependent and form a complex network of relationships. The concept of harmony between man and nature is not simply about harmonious coexistence between man and nature, but rather the belief that heaven, earth, and man are an organic whole, and human behavior should conform to the laws of heaven and earth.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon proposed that human beings are born from the qi of heaven and earth, and formed by the laws of the four seasons. It believed that human life activities must follow the natural laws of the movement of the sun and moon, and the alternation of the four seasons, otherwise disasters will arise if they go against them, and severe illnesses will not arise if they follow them. This is consistent with the emphasis on coevolution between organisms and the environment in modern ecology and the revelation in cosmology that life on Earth depends on the stable environment of the solar system: the laws of the universe stipulate that correlation is the foundation of existence, there are no isolated individuals, only interdependent wholes.

Confucianism takes benevolence as its core, advocating that the benevolent love others and loving the people with affection and loving things with kindness, extending the morality of interpersonal relationships to care for all things; Taoism advocates that heaven and earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me, and opposes the artificial destruction of the true nature. This emphasis on symbiosis is essentially consistent with the symbiosis of stars and planets and the interdependence of the food chain in the universe.

The laws of the universe tell us that connection is the driving force of evolution: from the interaction between particles to form atoms, to atoms forming molecules, and then to molecules forming life, every step is a product of connection. Chinese traditional culture values harmony, harmony in diversity, and harmony among nations. Whether it is interpersonal relationships or the relationship between humans and nature, it emphasizes seeking harmony in differences, which is the humanistic embodiment of the principle of seeking unity in diversity in the universe.

Modern science has not yet fully deciphered the essence of consciousness, but increasing research suggests that consciousness may not be an accidental product of matter, but rather a manifestation of cosmic laws in complex systems. Just as the spiral arms of a galaxy are a manifestation of the laws of gravity, the form of life is a manifestation of the laws of evolution. Chinese traditional culture has long explored the resonance relationship between consciousness and the universe from the perspective of the soul.

Buddhism believes that all phenomena are created by the mind, which does not deny the existence of the material world, but emphasizes the shaping role of consciousness in cognition. This has a subtle resonance with the observer effect in quantum mechanics (observation behavior affects the state of microscopic particles).

The Diamond Sutra states that 'one should have no dwelling place to give birth to one's heart', advocating transcending attachment and conforming to one's original heart. This is in line with the wisdom of 'letting go' and 'accepting' in the laws of the universe - just as stars will throw away outer matter at the end of their lives to provide raw materials for the birth of new stars, the universe will achieve 'rebirth' in 'loss', and the mind will gain freedom in' no dwelling '.

Taoism pursues emptiness and stillness and sitting and forgetting, believing that in a state of spiritual emptiness, one can embody the Tao and merge with the Tao, that is, communicate with the fundamental laws of the universe. This is not a mystical speculation, but an intuitive understanding of the resonance between consciousness and the universe.

Modern psychology has found that when a person is in a focused and calm state, the brain produces synchronized brainwaves, like resonating strings; In the universe, the rotation of galaxies and the radiation of pulsars also follow specific frequencies. Perhaps the resonance of consciousness and the rhythm of the universe are already homologous, and the unity of heaven and man pursued by traditional Chinese culture through spiritual cultivation is the active grasp of this resonance.

The connection between traditional Chinese culture and the laws of the universe, from the unity of the Tao to the dialectical nature of yin and yang, from the symbiotic nature of the unity of heaven and man to the resonance between the soul and the universe, is essentially a common questioning of the principle of existence by humanity. The former outlines the outline of the universe through philosophical thinking and realization, while the latter analyzes the details of the universe through experiments and formulas. Although the paths of the two are different, they intersect at the core of balance, transformation, correlation, and "unity.

In today's rapidly advancing technology, revisiting this association is not about nostalgia, but about finding a balance between the separation of Western science and the integration of Eastern culture. The laws of the universe tell us that true wisdom does not lie in fragmentation, but in integration - just like the universe itself, which is both a sophisticated machine and an organic life; It is both a rigorous law and a dynamic creation.

The cosmic wisdom contained in traditional Chinese culture may provide inspiration for us to cope with the difficulties of modern society, such as ecological crisis