 The righteous [relationships] between ruler and minister, husband and wife, and father and son all derive from the Way of yin and yang. The ruler is yang; the minister is yin. The father is yang; the son is yin. The husband is yang; the wife is yin. There are no places where the Way of yin circulates alone. At the beginning [of the yearly cycle], yin is not permitted to arise by itself. Likewise, at the end [of the yearly cycle], yin is not permitted to share in [the glories] of yang’s achievements. Such is the righteous principle of “joining.” Thus, the minister joins his achievements to the lord; the son joins his achievements to the father; the wife joins her achievements to the husband; yin joins its achievements to yang; and Earth joins its achievements to Heaven (trans. from Queen and Major 2016, 426–27)