 The elevation of human power appears in the way the system of correlations provided a metaphysical foundation for what would seem to be human constructs. One early example was the correlation of leniency and violence (or the civil, wen 文, and the martial, wu 武) with the spring and the fall. This correlation made the use of violence a necessary and natural principle, while also restricting it to certain times. The paradigm for justifying social order through correlations is the Chunqiu fanlu 春秋繁露, traditionally attributed to Dong Zhongshu (179–104 BCE). In this text, yin and yang remain complementary but shift from equal forces driving generation to markers for hierarchical positions in a system of correlated arrangements (Wang 2005). To give just one example: