# HPC 36. Fishing for Complements: Polarities in Daoism

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Podcast: [History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-philosophy-india-africana-china-716638)
Published: 2025-09-14T04:00:00+00:00
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The significance of the Laozi’s use of opposing pairs, which are treated as complementary rather as exclusive dichotomies.

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