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It depends where we are coming from.
The common idea is that Oneness manifests as duality.
But duality implies a third element - the relationship between the two aspects of duality. So Oneness manifests as a triplicity.
And then there is the idea of Oneness manifesting as "the ten thousand things". The ten thousand things is simply a poetic way of describing the entire world, the indefinite multitude of all forms and beings in manifest existence.
For example, in Zen "When the self advances, the ten thousand things retreat. When the self retreats, the ten thousand things advance."
But this probably originates from Taoism.
Tao produced the One.
The One produced the two.
The two produced the three.
And the three produced the ten thousand things.
All can be considered as correct.
Peace
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