yang

yang (yang) [Chinese] in Chinese philosophy, the active, positive, masculine principle that is complementary to yin; see yin, under principle.

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yang (yangˑ),

n/adj the quality present, to a greater or lesser degree, in all phenomena, relating homeodynamically with yin according to the theoretic basis of Chinese medicine. Yang is like the sunny side of a mountain and is characterized as light, bright, warm, high, rising, external, active, moving, and clear. See also China's traditional medicine, pakua, traditional Chinese medicine, and yin.