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The parting of two interdependent paired yīn-yáng phenomena that inherently brings the destruction of both. In the body, when the yīn or yáng aspect of the body has been worn away excessively, the opposite pole is deprived of its basis for survival. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, shēng qì tōng tiān lùn) states, When yīn and yáng separate, essential qì expires. See yīn collapse; yáng collapse.

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