Principle of number six in ancient Indian and Chinese philosophy

The paper discusses the role of the principle of the number six in the Vedic corps of ancient Indian philosophy and in the philosophy of ancient China. It is shown that number, counting, numerology in the culture of Ancient India and Ancient China played an important, metaphysical role. It justifies why in ancient Indian philosophy there could be exactly six darshanas, since they exhausted the body of Vedic philosophy (astics). The rest of the schools of ancient Indian philosophy, therefore, could not claim the status of darshan. The special significance of the number six for Chinese philosophy is also associated with the presence of six schools and with the Yin symbolism. Since the link «yin» - «yang» is important for the ancient Chinese culture, the number «nine» (the symbol «yang») also acquires special significance for the ancient Chinese culture. It is assumed that together the numbers «nine» and «six» in Chinese culture mean «the number of the Sage».