Originally Posted by
hirobo2
Symbolism in Condor Heroes:
Does any1 know y JY chose 16 years as the duration till YG + XLN reunite?
JY was prob member of some secret society. How else we explain every one of his work contains some secret factions?
Anyways, there r secrets u learn in these societies not revealed to commoners.
So, 16 can't be some arbitrary number. Like Sun Wukong was struck on the head 3 times to mean midnight, here's my take:
4x4 = 16
Time when YG + XLN reunite
So, 16 years till reunion means the time when two four's (each 4 is a Yin + Yang, 4x4) combine...
There's only one thing in this universe that fits this description:
4-pointed shape (Yang) + 4-pointed shape (Yin) combine
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Tada!!! The 4x4 = 16 shape...