74-557: Living embodiment of yin and yang : Kong Kenan ( / k oʊ ŋ ˈ k ʌ n ɑː n / kohng KUH -nahn ; Chinese : 孔克南 ; pinyin : Kǒng Kènán ) is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and is known as the Super-Man of China . The character, who first appeared in New Super-Man # 1 (July 2016), was created by Gene Luen Yang and Viktor Bogdanovic . A comic book series featuring
148-515: A Chinese Superman who gains a portion of Superman 's power debuted in July 2016 for DC Rebirth . The title was previously announced as The Super-Man but was changed to New Super-Man once Yang came on board and pointed out that there is no Chinese word for "the". The title initially shipped monthly. It became New Super-Man & the Justice League of China for issues #20-24. Kong was given
222-418: A charming mix of arrogance and compassion that allows him to work well as a hero while still containing a realistic level of flaws. His character is complemented by Wonder-Woman and Bat-Man, who give Kenan opportunities for growth while still serving as interesting characters on their own. In addition, the personalities behind Kenan's mother and father add a lot to the narrative, especially when it comes to making
296-479: A collocation of two words A–B that cannot be idiomatically reversed as B–A, for example, English cat and mouse (not * mouse and cat ) and friend or foe (not * foe or friend ). Similarly, the usual pattern among Chinese binomial compounds is for positive A and negative B, where the A word is dominant or privileged over B. For example, tiandi 天地 "heaven and earth" and nannü 男女 "men and women". Yinyang meaning "dark and light; female and male; moon and sun",
370-468: A concept that originated in Chinese philosophy , describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary and at the same time opposing forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts and the parts are important for cohesion of the whole. In Chinese cosmology , the universe creates itself out of
444-642: A concept that originated in ancient Chinese philosophy that describes how opposite or contrary forces may create each other by their comparison and are to be seen as actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. In Daoist philosophy, dark and light, yin and yang, arrive in the Tao Te Ching at chapter 42. It becomes sensible from an initial quiescence or emptiness ( wuji , sometimes symbolized by an empty circle), and continues moving until quiescence
518-408: A cycle. Creation as part of yang, and destruction as part of yin, progress on one side (yang) and entropy on the other side (yin), is represented in the cycles. Yin is the black side, and yang is the white side. Other color arrangements have included the white of yang being replaced by red. The taijitu is sometimes accompanied by other shapes, such as bagua . The relationship between yin and yang
592-483: A future conflict. Meanwhile, the China White triad meet with their employer, Ching Lung (a Fu Manchu -themed villain from Detective Comics #1), who sheds his disguise, revealing himself to be a splitting image of I-Ching. Returning to China, Kenan invites Avery to the Justice League of China and she joins as their Flash . The JLC fights Super-Man Zero, a powerful but unstable genetically modified superhuman and
666-641: A mind controlling device. When Zhonglun, the Human Firecracker, uses the GMS to put Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman under mind control, he announces his plans to use the GMS on China's bureaucrats, but is rebuked by Zhongdan and Kenan. Human Firecracker declares them traitors and sets the Freedom Fighters, leaving them for dead but the two are rescued by Omen and her assistant Mingming. When the Ministry
740-585: A mistake or typographical error for the Chinese loanword yin-yang —yet they are not equivalents. Chinese does have some yangyin collocations , such as 洋銀 (lit. "foreign silver") "silver coin/dollar", but not even the most comprehensive dictionaries (e.g., the Hanyu Da Cidian ) enter yangyin * 陽陰 . While yang and yin can occur together in context, yangyin is not synonymous with yinyang . The linguistic term " irreversible binomial " refers to
814-733: A mountain or the north bank of a river will receive more direct sunlight than the opposite side. Yang refers to the "south side of a hill" in Hengyang 衡陽 , which is south of Mount Heng 衡山 in Hunan province, and to the "north bank of a river" in Luoyang 洛陽 , which is located north of the Luo River 洛河 in Henan . Similarly, yin refers to "north side of a hill" in Huayin 華陰 , which
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#1732787537717888-478: A mountain)" with the uncommon English geographic terms ubac "shady side of a mountain" and adret "sunny side of a mountain" (which are of French origin ). Many Chinese place names or toponyms contain the word yang "sunny side" and a few contain yin "shady side". In China , as elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere , sunlight comes predominantly from the south, and thus the south face of
962-621: A new design and was featured as a supporting character of the Superman family in Action Comics #1051 in January 2023, which is the debut of a new format for the title and part of the Dawn of DC event. Kong Kenan is a 17-year old high school student from Shanghai whose estranged relationship with his father Kong Zhongdan after his mother Kuang Maitai died in a plane accident when Kenan
1036-541: A normal human, Kong Kenan gained Kryptonian powers after being infused with Superman's qi by platinum kryptonite . Initially, Kenan had little control over his powers and would occasionally fluctuate whenever he lost focus. Under I-Ching's tutelage, Kenan was able to organize his super powers around the Bagua , eight trigrams used in Taoism that represent the fundamental principles of reality, by corresponding each power with
1110-415: A primary chaos of material energy, organized into the cycles of yin and yang, form and matter. 'Yin' is retractive, passive and contractive in nature, while 'yang' is repelling, active and expansive in principle, this dichotomy in some form, is seen in all things in nature—patterns of change and difference, such as biological and seasonal cycles, evolution of the landscape over days, weeks, years and eons (with
1184-443: A rich history in the language, their etymologies and evolution analyzable through lenses of orthography , phonology , and meanings . The Chinese characters 陰 and 陽 are both considered to be phono-semantic compounds , with semantic component 阝 'mound', 'hill' , a graphical variant of 阜 —with the phonetic components 今 ; jīn (and the added semantic component 云 ; yún ; 'cloud') and 昜 ; yáng . In
1258-476: A trigam and focusing his qi into a specific part of his body, which include: At first only being able to activate one power at a time, Kenan's synchronization with the mystical Red Jade Dragon unlocked his full potential, allowing him to use all his powers simultaneously while greatly augmenting them as well. After I-Ching bestowed the mantle as the living personification of yin and yang upon him, Kenan gained magical abilities and resistance to magic, as well as
1332-483: A villain called Prophecy and assists Supergirl in dealing with the Fatal Five. When Kenan returns to America to pose for pictures he crosses paths with Deathstroke and successfully takes him down in order to bring him to China. While Superman is away from Metropolis, Kenan protects the city when a mechanical dragon from LexCorp goes haywire. Kenan receives help from Connor Hawke but when Connor's jar of kimchi
1406-630: A yin and yang symbol. With his powers fully awakened by the Red Jade Dragon and I-Ching, Kenan closes the portal, weakening the asuras enough to be defeated by the Justice Leagues and absorbs All-Yang into his body. Afterwards, Kenan meets with his parents at the Oriental Pearl Tower, where he tells Omen he is leaving the Ministry of Self-Reliance and rejects Zhongdan's offer to reform the Freedom Fighters, declaring that
1480-445: Is able to move on from his strained relationship with his parents and I-Ching's imprisonment and embraces his teammates as his new family. In Action Comics Issue 983, Kenan assisted Superman, Supergirl, Lex Luthor, and Superwoman fight off General Zod , Cyborg Superman , Eradicator , and Mongul . Kenan made a cameo appearance during Doomsday Clock helping Superman fight off Black Adam's forces. Kenan later helps Superman deal with
1554-489: Is alerted that the Freedom Fighters have hijacked a flight to Zhongnanhai , Kenan and Zhongdan leave to stop them. The two are able to board the plane mid flight and Kenan frees Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman. The JLC are able to defeat the Freedom Fighters and save all the passengers but Zhongdan is mortally wounded from protecting Kenan when Human Firecracker blows himself up with one of his explosives. After his father's funeral, Kenan tells Baixi and Deilan his father's findings about
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#17327875377171628-496: Is an exception. Scholars have proposed various explanations for why yinyang violates this pattern, including "linguistic convenience" (it is easier to say yinyang than yangyin ), the idea that "proto-Chinese society was matriarchal", or perhaps, since yinyang first became prominent during the late Warring States period, this term was "purposely directed at challenging persistent cultural assumptions". Joseph Needham discusses yin and yang together with Five Elements as part of
1702-602: Is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu ( c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang. The Ahom philosophy of duality of the individual self han and pu is quite similar to yin and yang of Taoism. The tradition was originated in Yunnan , China and followed by some Ahom , descendants of Dai ethnic Minority . The Chinese terms 陰 ; yīn ; 'dark side' and 陽 ; yáng ; 'light side' have
1776-487: Is destroyed, Kenan retrieves pao cai from China to replace the dish and has dinner with Connor's Korean family. Kenan becomes a member of the Superman family and helps the group thwart a terrorist attack by the anti-alien extremist Blue Earth group and attends the opening of the Steelworks Tower built by John Henry and Natasha Irons when it is attacked by Metallo . During House of Brainiac , Kong Kenan
1850-514: Is given superpowers by an unusual form of kryptonite infused with Superman's qi , which was imbued with the life force of the recently deceased New 52 Superman. When Kenan's Kryptonian powers makes him even more arrogant but difficult for him to control, Omen lectures him on his role as a superhero and has him join the Ministry's new Justice League of China, which consists of him, the Wonder-Woman of China, Peng Deilan (the human identity of
1924-513: Is most associated with these theories. Although yin and yang are not mentioned in any of the surviving documents of Zou Yan, his school was known as the Yin Yang Jia (Yin and Yang School). Needham concludes "There can be very little doubt that the philosophical use of the terms began about the beginning of the 4th century, and that the passages in older texts which mention this use are interpolations made later than that time." Yin and yang are
1998-567: Is north of Mount Hua 華山 in Shaanxi province. In Japan , the characters are used in western Honshu to delineate the north-side San'in region 山陰 from the south-side San'yō region 山陽 , separated by the Chūgoku Mountains 中国山地 . English yin , yang , and yin-yang are familiar loanwords of Chinese origin . The Oxford English Dictionary defines: yin (jɪn) Also Yin , Yn . [Chinese yīn shade, feminine;
2072-816: Is perhaps cognate with Chinese chāng < *k-hlaŋ 昌 ; 'prosperous', 'bright' (compare areal words like Tai plaŋ 'bright' & Proto- Viet-Muong hlaŋ ). To this word-family, Unger also includes 炳 ; bǐng < *pl(j)aŋʔ 'bright'; however Schuessler reconstructs 炳 ; bǐng 's Old Chinese pronunciation as *braŋʔ and includes it in an Austroasiatic word family, besides 亮 ; liàng < *raŋh 爽 ; shuǎng < *sraŋʔ 'twilight of dawn'; míng < *mraŋ 明 'bright', 'become light', 'enlighten'; owing to "the different OC initial consonant which seems to have no recognizable OC morphological function". Yin and yang are semantically complex words. John DeFrancis 's ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary gives
2146-453: Is reached again. For instance, dropping a stone in a calm pool of water will simultaneously raise waves and lower troughs between them, and this alternation of high and low points in the water will radiate outward until the movement dissipates and the pool is calm once more. Yin and yang thus are always opposite and equal qualities and create and control each other. Whenever one quality reaches its peak, it will naturally begin to transform into
2220-688: The School of Naturalists . He says that it would be proper to begin with yin and yang before Five Elements because the former: "lay, as it were, at a deeper level in Nature, and were the most ultimate principles of which the ancient Chinese could conceive. But it so happens that we know a good deal more about the historical origin of the Five-Element theory than about that of the yin and the yang, and it will therefore be more convenient to deal with it first." He then discusses Zou Yan ( 鄒衍 ; 305–240 BC) who
2294-451: The realm of ghosts but at a heavy price. Much like with Superman and other Kryptonians, Kenan becomes weakened when exposed to kryptonite . Kong Kenan has been received with positive reviews, with many critics praising Kong Kenan's likeable personality, character arc, and the way he uses his super powers. Many critics have deemed Kong Kenan as one of the best Asian superheroes of all time. ComicBookWire wrote: The New Super-Man displays
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2368-683: The "Dragonson" and orders him to destroy North Korea. Kenan and the JLC are able to help the Dragonson fight off Munmu's influence and prevent the Korean peninsula from being flooded. Afterwards, Kenan recruits the Dragonson to the Justice League of China as its Aqua-Man while a water construct of Kwang-Jo is sent to prison in his place to trick the North Korean authorities. Ignoring I-Ching's and All-Yang's warnings, Kenan attempts to rescue I-Ching from
2442-705: The American Justice League (Superman, Batman , Wonder Woman , Flash , Aquaman , and the Green Lanterns Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz ) in Metropolis and the two Leagues use their powers and resources to locate the amulet, which Kenan and Superman follow to Lex Luthor's private estate. Kenan finds the Red Jade Dragon in Luthor's treasure collection and orders the magically summoned All-Yang to release I-Ching. All-Yang reneges on
2516-478: The American Justice League to take up costumed identities to fight against the Chinese Communist Party . Believing Maitai's death was orchestrated by the Ministry, Zhongdan convinces Kenan to join Freedom Fighters. Meanwhile, the incarcerated Freedom Fighters stage a planned mass breakout and steal a Genetically Modified Starro - genetic material collected from Starro created by the Ministry as
2590-471: The JLC encounters the mysterious Freedom Fighters of China and defeat them but are unable to capture their leader Flying Dragon General. Kenan realizes his mistake of exposing his secret identity and goes home to check on his father, who reveals himself to be Flying Dragon General. Zhongdan explains that the Freedom Fighters of China are a pro-democracy group he formed with Maitai, his younger brother Zhonglun and their activist friends after they were inspired by
2664-656: The JLC to stop Emperor Super-Man and together with the Great Ten , they defeat him, the White China Triad, Freedom Fighters and Suicide Squad , who were sent by Amanda Waller to eliminate both Super-Men as potential threats to the United States. Dr. Omen reveals to Kenan and Zhongdan that she specifically chose Kenan to be the Super-Man of China to due him being her son and that she had been working with
2738-490: The Justice League of China will now be working independently. As the leader of the Justice League of China, Kenan relocates the team to Northeastern China while seeking the advice of I-Ching's spirit and resisting All-Yang's influence to deal with being the living embodiment of yin and yang. The League repeatedly clashes with the Lantern Corps of China, the Ministry of Self-Reliance's new superhero team, who have branded
2812-646: The League fugitives for their defection. The League intervenes at the China–North Korea border to rescue Ahn Kwang-Jo, a young North Korean defector with hydrokinetic abilities who can summon and communicate with mythical sea creatures, from North Korean forces, nearly sparking an international incident between the two nations. While under the JLC's care, Kwang-Jo is visited by the spirit of his "true father" King Munmu , who bestows his power onto his "son" by turning Kwang-Jo into an armor-clad dragon-human hybrid called
2886-515: The Ministry long before she met Zhongdan, having been ordered by them to infiltrate his activist group. Omen faked her death to deter Zhongdan and his allies from their activities, but to her dismay her death instead further radicalized them. Ching Lung uses his abilities to transform Emperor Super-Man into a Doomsday -like monster and Kenan puts an end to the tyrant's rampage at the cost of his own life. Instead of dying, Kenan finds himself transported to an American Chinatown in 1937 with Ching Lung. In
2960-431: The Ministry, and both vow to help him bring his mother's murderers to justice as Doctor Omen secretly has Zhongdan's body preserved in a tank in her laboratory. As his powers come from Superman's qi , Kenan approaches I-Ching to help control his qi and to fully unlock his powers. Under I-Ching's tutelage, Kenan learns that each of his powers are based around the Bagua , eight trigrams used in Taoism that represent
3034-455: The Red Jade Dragon in America, so that Kenan can use its powers to complete his training and activate his remaining powers, and that All-Yang will make him the new Emperor of China to destroy its enemies; in exchange, All-Yang will release I-Ching. Kenan awakens from his coma and over his parents' objections, leads the JLC to America to find the Red Jade Dragon. The Justice League of China meet
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3108-576: The ability to enter separate yin or yang forms. In his yang form, Kenan glows in a pure white light that can be channeled into energy blasts and his Kryptonian powers become greatly enhanced. However, Kenan's personality becomes arrogant and violent in this form. In his yin form, Kenan glows in a black, shadowy substance and gains a ghost like form that makes him intangible and can fire electric-like blasts from his fingers. Much like with his yang form, Kenan's yin form changes his personality to be detached and lethargic. Kenan's yin form also allows him to travel to
3182-447: The book's emotions more meaningful. Aaron Berke from Comicsverse wrote: Kong's story has been remarkably nuanced and engaging. Where Clark Kent learned how to be Superman with the homegrown moral guidance of Pa and Ma Kent, Kong Kenan has been learning to develop himself internally with the ancient wisdom of I-Ching. Over the course of the past few issues, Kong has accessed many of his abilities by opening himself up to others. Kong began
3256-480: The bottom of the foot without the top). A way to illustrate this idea is to postulate the notion of a race with only women or only men; this race would disappear in a single generation. Yet, women and men together create new generations that allow the race they mutually create (and mutually come from) to survive. The interaction of the two (Heaven and Earth) gives birth to human and therefore the ten thousand things. Yin and yang transform each other: like an undertow in
3330-424: The deal, as I-Ching cannot be released from the realm of ghosts and when Kenan rejects his offer to be Emperor, he uses the Red Jade Dragon to open a portal to the realm of the demi-gods , unleashing several asuras in Metropolis. While the Justice Leagues fight the asuras (who are resistant to their attacks), Kenan communicates with I-Ching's spirit. I-Ching recounts his and All-Yang's pasts and their training as
3404-489: The destruction, Omen reveals that she is Kenan's mother, Maitai. Despite Kenan's efforts, he is too late to stop Emperor Super-Man from kidnapping Matai as the White China Triad takes a revived Zhongdan from his healing tank and Ching Lung imprisons I-Ching in the realm of ghosts . Emperor Super-Man releases the Freedom Fighters and takes over the Shanghai Tower , announcing his plans to reconquer China. Kenan rallies
3478-425: The duality symbolized by yin and yang. This duality, as a unity of opposites , lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science , technology and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine , and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang , tai chi , daoyin , kung fu and qigong , as well as appearing in
3552-405: The embodiments of yin and yang. When the monks as their monastery implored each brother to accept a bit of the other one's nature to maintain perfect balance, All-Yang was insulted by suggestion to accept yin, which he viewed as inferior, and abandoned his training, forcing I-Ching to embody both yin and yang. I-Ching passes the mantle of yin and yang onto Kenan, changing the "S" on Kenan's chest to
3626-514: The energies needed to awaken Kenan's remaining superpowers. Before Kenan can open the portal, Avery arrives and warns that the portal leads to Diyu . Avery's former allies, the China White triad arrive to steal the artifacts from Luthor, starting a massive brawl which brings Superman to Lexcorp. During the fight, Luthor and I-Ching get trapped within Diyu, where Lex reveals that his true motive
3700-641: The etymology of modern Chinese words. Compare these Middle Chinese and Old Chinese reconstructions of 陰 ; yīn and 陽 ; yáng : Schuessler gives probable Sino-Tibetan etymologies for both Chinese words. yin < *ʔəm compares with Burmese ʔum 'overcast', 'cloudy', Adi muk-jum 'shade', and Lepcha so'yǔm 'shade'; it is probably cognate with Chinese àn < *ʔə̂mʔ 黯 ; 'dim', 'gloomy' and qīn < *khəm 衾 ; 'blanket'. yang < *laŋ compares with Lepcha a-lóŋ 'reflecting light', Burmese laŋ 'be bright' and ə-laŋ 'light'; and
3774-566: The first attempt to create the Super-Man of China, who was unleashed from imprisonment by Ching Lung. Following the battle with Super-Man Zero, Bat-Man's robot sidekick Robinbot uncovers footage of Zhongdan's body being housed in Omen's laboratory. Just as Kenan confronts Dr. Omen, Super-Man Zero attacks the Pearl Oriental Tower after being granted additional powers and armor by Ching Lung and declaring himself "Emperor Super-Man". During
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#17327875377173848-518: The following translation equivalents. Yin 陰 or 阴 — Noun : ① [philosophy] female/passive/negative principle in nature, ② Surname; Bound morpheme : ① the moon, ② shaded orientation, ③ covert; concealed; hidden, ④ vagina, ⑤ penis, ⑥ of the netherworld, ⑦ negative, ⑧ north side of a hill, ⑨ south bank of a river, ⑩ reverse side of a stele, ⑪ in intaglio; Stative verb : ① overcast, ② sinister; treacherous Yang 陽 or 阳 — Bound morpheme : ① [Chinese philosophy] male/active/positive principle in nature, ②
3922-500: The fundamental principles of reality, which gives him a better understanding of how his powers work. Kenan is hired by Lex Luthor to find a stop the speedster Avery Ho from stealing ancient Chinese artifacts in his possession at LexCorp and has I-Ching accompany him to Metropolis . At LexCorp, Luthor reveals that artifacts are the Ox Horse Door Rings, which can be used to open a portal to dimensional plane containing
3996-471: The latter, 昜 ; yáng ; 'bright' features 日 ; 'the Sun'; + 示 + 彡 ; 'sunbeam'. The Standard Chinese pronunciation of 陰 is usually the level first tone as yīn with the meaning 'shady', 'cloudy', or sometimes with the falling fourth tone as yìn with the distinct meaning 'to shelter', 'shade'. 陽 ; 'sunny' is always pronounced with
4070-411: The moon.] a. In Chinese philosophy, the feminine or negative principle (characterized by dark, wetness, cold, passivity, disintegration, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. Also attrib . or as adj ., and transf . Cf. yang . b. Comb ., as yin-yang , the combination or fusion of
4144-525: The mythical Green Snake ) and the Bat-Man of China, Wang Baixi (the top pupil of China's Academy of the Bat). In an interview as Super-Man following the success of the JLC's first mission, Kenan foolishly attempts to impress reporter Laney Lan by revealing his secret identity and the Justice League of China's existence to the whole world, much to the shock and fury of his teammates and Omen. On their next mission,
4218-411: The ocean, every advance is complemented by a retreat, and every rise transforms into a fall. Thus, a seed will sprout from the earth and grow upwards towards the sky—an intrinsically yang movement. Then, when it reaches its full potential height, it will fall. The growth of the top seeks light, while roots grow in darkness. The cycles of the seasons and of plants that progresses or entropies depending on
4292-464: The older wuji ( 無極 ; 'without pole'). In the cosmology pertaining to yin and yang, the material energy which this universe was created from is known as qi . It is believed that the organization of qi in this cosmology of yin and yang has formed the 10 thousand things. Included among these forms are humans. Many natural dualities (such as light and dark , fire and water, expanding and contracting) are thought of as physical manifestations of
4366-436: The opposite quality: for example, grain that reaches its full height in summer (fully yang) will produce seeds and die back in winter (fully yin) in an endless cycle. It is impossible to talk about yin or yang without some reference to the opposite, traditionally it is said that Yin and Yang are known by the comparison of each other, since yin and yang are bound together as parts of a mutual whole (for example, there cannot be
4440-475: The original meaning of the words being the north-facing shade and the south-facing brightness of a hill), gender (female and male), as well as the formation of the character of individuals and the grand arc of sociopolitical history in disorder and order. Taiji is a Chinese cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potential, the oneness before duality, from which yin and yang originate. It can be contrasted with
4514-539: The pages of the I Ching and the famous Taoist medical treatise called the Huangdi Neijing The notion of duality can be found in many areas, such as Communities of Practice . The term "dualistic-monism" or dialectical monism has been coined in an attempt to express this fruitful paradox of simultaneous unity and duality. According to this philosophy, everything has both yin and yang aspects (for instance, shadow cannot exist without light). Either of
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#17327875377174588-426: The powers of Superman. Kenan is brash, headstrong and frequently rushes into situations without thinking. His core character is basically good, though he tends to make rash decisions based on his emotions. After the apparent death of his father, his attitude toward others changed and he became more focused. He has great respect toward Superman after meeting with him and receiving his advice and encouragement. Originally
4662-416: The realm of ghosts but accidentally sends himself and the JLC to there instead. The JLC are confronted by nightmarish future versions of themselves, but are rescued by I-Ching. I-Ching's help, Kenan sends himself and his teammates back to the human realm while I-Ching is forced to remain behind. Remembering I-Ching's last words to "let go of the goodness that can never be and embrace the goodness that is", Kenan
4736-440: The rising second tone as yáng . Sinologists and historical linguists have reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciations from data in the (7th century CE) Qieyun rhyme dictionary and later rhyme tables , which was subsequently used to reconstruct Old Chinese phonology from rhymes in the (11th–7th centuries BCE) Shijing and phonological components of Chinese characters. Reconstructions of Old Chinese have illuminated
4810-423: The season. In summer it seeks to procure healthier leaves, whittling (entropy) of the plant is in autumn, the degrown plants (destruction) is in winter, growth (creating) of the plant or tree during spring. Where it's gaining or progressing, fully progressed occurs during summer, summer seeks stability as it seeks to keep (progress) the leaves and branches that are healthy, growth and progress reaching its end point of
4884-400: The series as a selfish bully, but I-Ching has helped to chip away the layers of self-obsession. Yin and yang Model humanity: Main philosophical traditions: Ritual traditions: Devotional traditions: Salvation churches and sects : Confucian churches and sects: Yin and yang ( English: / j ɪ n / , / j æ ŋ / ), also yinyang or yin-yang , is
4958-426: The sun, ③ male genitals, ④ in relief, ⑤ open; overt, ⑥ belonging to this world, ⑦ [linguistics] masculine, ⑧ south side of a hill, ⑨ north bank of a river The compound yinyang 陰陽 means "yin and yang; opposites; ancient Chinese astronomy; occult arts; astrologer; geomancer; etc." The sinologist Rolf Stein etymologically translates Chinese yin 陰 "shady side (of a mountain)" and yang 陽 "sunny side (of
5032-433: The two cosmic forces; freq. attrib., esp. as yin-yang symbol , a circle divided by an S-shaped line into a dark and a light segment, representing respectively yin and yang , each containing a 'seed' of the other. yang (jæŋ) Also Yang . [Chinese yáng yang, sun, positive, male genitals.] a. In Chinese philosophy, the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) of
5106-423: The two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin and yang symbol (or taijitu ) shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section. In Taoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang
5180-491: The two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. yin . b. Comb. : yang-yin = yin-yang s.v. yin b. For the earliest recorded "yin and yang" usages, the OED cites 1671 for yin and yang , 1850 for yin-yang , and 1959 for yang-yin . In English, yang-yin (like ying-yang ) occasionally occurs as
5254-496: The vision, Ching Lung recounts the atrocities Westerners committed against the Chinese, including showing Slam Bradley 's racist attacks against Chinese Americans and the theft of an mystical amulet called the Red Jade Dragon during the Boxer Rebellion . Ching Lung reveals to Kenan his true identity: All-Yang, the embodiment of yang and the twin brother of I-Ching, the embodiment of yin . All-Yang tells Kenan to seek out
5328-425: Was captured by Brainiac in order to be killed by Brainiac Queen for her to be more powerful. He is freed by Conner Kent , and helps Superman hold off Brainiac's forces before being transported back to Earth. Initially, Kong Kenan was a self-centered bully who cared only for himself and looked down on those who he did not consider as important as he was. This all changed after standing up to Blue Condor and receiving
5402-543: Was to acquire the remains of the New 52 Superman containing his remaining powers. Kenan rescues Luthor (who fails to obtain the corpse) and I-Ching with Superman's and Avery's help. Luthor angrily dismisses Kenan from his service when he rejects Luthor's further offers for unlocking his powers. Kenan confides with Superman about the nature of his powers and his uncertainty with unlocking them, but Superman congratulates him on his progress and encourages him to train more to help him with
5476-478: Was young turns him into a self-centered bully. Despite his arrogance, Kenan stands up to a local supervillain, which is captured on social media turns him into a celebrity. Because of his heroic actions and recent stardom, Kenan is chosen by Doctor Omen of the Ministry of Self-Reliance to be the new Super-Man of China. Kenan is taken to the Ministry's headquarters at the Oriental Pearl Tower , where he
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