The Ancients viewed the calabash as the symbol of the male genitals. 古人因葫芦形似而又多子,以此为男性生殖器的象征。
A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror. 在巴林,男医生只能通过镜子来检查女性生殖器。
But it will be a few more weeks before there is a clear difference between male and female genitals. 但是再过几周后,男孩和女孩的突起就有了明显区别。
Proceeding from the two ideographic units of and, called yao, which symbolize the male and female genitals, Yi Jing regards everything as the consequence of the interaction between two opposite but interdependent primary forces, and accordingly reveals the mysteries of universe and human life. 从、二爻象征男女生殖器这一基本的表意单位出发,《易经》将世间的万事万物统统视为两种相反相成的原始力量共同作用的结果,并用这种观点来揭示宇宙和人生的奥秘。