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yang (yäŋ, yaŋ)

noun

in Chinese philosophy, the active, positive, masculine force or principle in the universe, source of light and heat: it is always both contrasted with and complementary to the yin

Etymology: Mandarin yang, male, daylight, solar

yang Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • energy: Heaven's yang energy is also most active around the equator.
  • channel: This is a probable explanation for " all yang channels meet in the auricle " .
  • person: The fei ren is a yang person in a yin position.
  • line: The only difference is that where I use yang lines to indicate change, Karcher uses yin lines.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Considering hexagram 34 Great Power again, in the 3rd yang we have a correct line, but it is too yang.
  • overly: Our Macrobiotic knowledge may lead us to conclude that ( at a certain moment ) we are overly yang.

Preposition: in

  • nature: This is yang in nature, it is the breath of heaven, of spirituality and the power of unification.

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