yangn.

Brit.

/jaŋ/, U.S.

/jæŋ/

Forms: Also Yang.

Etymology: < Chinese yáng yang, sun, positive, male genitals.

1. In Chinese philosophy, the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. yin n.¹

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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [noun] > concepts in > yin or yang

yang1671

yin1671

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [adjective] > yin or yang

yang1963

yin1963

1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis ii. 549 The Chineses by these Strokes..declare..how much each Form or Sign receives from the two fore-mention'd Beginnings of Yn or Yang.

1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 357 The Chinese lay down two natural Principles of Life, vital Heat and radical Moisture..: They give the Name of Yang to the vital Heat, and that of Yn to the radical moisture.

a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 568/2 T'haï-kĭ (the Great Summit) the soul of the universe, when in motion..produced Yang, the living principle; when at rest, Yn, the dead principle, the one perfect and male, the other imperfect and female; from the union of which the elements sprang.

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xii. 65 The Tae-keih is said to have produced the Yâng and Yin, the active and passive, or male and female principle, and these last to have produced all things.

1871 A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan I. 150 The Chinese doctrine of the Yang and Yin, the male and female influences pervading all creation.

1934 R. Fry Let. 12 Apr. (1972) II. 690 Later on they discovered that the god of the furnace being male..to throw the wife in..alone sufficed to provide the Yang and the Yin.

1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iv. 271 Light is the essence of yang.

1963 ‘R. Erskine’ Passion Flowers in Italy ix. 125 Giorgio looked even taller than usual..and (to all seeming) quite adequately Yang, whatever Consolata might say.

1969 New Scientist 10 July 53/1 For balance, the rational needs the irrational, the intellect must mesh with the emotions, the yang needs the yin.

1971 F. Mann Acupuncture (ed. 2) v. 63 In the treatment of disease, if Yang is hot and over-abundant, thus injuring the Yin fluid..the surplus Yang can be decreased by a method called ‘cooling what is hot’.

1971 Guardian 18 Dec. 9/2 A macrobiotic diet..was the way Zen monks cooked... Foods were divided into Yin things and Yang things... Yang is meat for instance.

1980 Holistic Health News (Berkeley, Calif., Holistic Health Center) Sept.–Oct. 1/3 In the past 300 years with the rise of empirical science, modern technology, property orientation, and the decline of the sacred, we have seen the creation of an extremely yang, overmasculine world-view.

2. yang-yin n. = yin-yang n. at yin n.¹ Compounds.

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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [noun] > concepts in > yin or yang > combination of

yin-yang1850

yang-yin1959

1959 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Aion in Coll. Wks. IX. ii. v. 58 This vision..might easily be a description of a genuine yang-yin relationship.

1968 E. B. Irving Reading of Beowulf iv. 179 The poem does seem to have something of a Yang-Yin structure to it:..as the kind of heroic achievement that Beowulf represents nears its end..self-destructiveness.. —the negative side of the heroic ideal—comes into clearer and clearer focus.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 32/3 When I was a kid, the Technocrats used to drive these gray cars with the yang/yin symbol on the door.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yang
释义	yangn. Brit. /jaŋ/, U.S. /jæŋ/ Forms: Also Yang. Etymology: < Chinese yáng yang, sun, positive, male genitals. 1. In Chinese philosophy, the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which creative energy divides and whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. Also attributive or as adj. Cf. yin n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [noun] > concepts in > yin or yang yang1671 yin1671 society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [adjective] > yin or yang yang1963 yin1963 1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis ii. 549 The Chineses by these Strokes..declare..how much each Form or Sign receives from the two fore-mention'd Beginnings of Yn or Yang. 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 357 The Chinese lay down two natural Principles of Life, vital Heat and radical Moisture..: They give the Name of Yang to the vital Heat, and that of Yn to the radical moisture. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 568/2 T'haï-kĭ (the Great Summit) the soul of the universe, when in motion..produced Yang, the living principle; when at rest, Yn, the dead principle, the one perfect and male, the other imperfect and female; from the union of which the elements sprang. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xii. 65 The Tae-keih is said to have produced the Yâng and Yin, the active and passive, or male and female principle, and these last to have produced all things. 1871 A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan I. 150 The Chinese doctrine of the Yang and Yin, the male and female influences pervading all creation. 1934 R. Fry Let. 12 Apr. (1972) II. 690 Later on they discovered that the god of the furnace being male..to throw the wife in..alone sufficed to provide the Yang and the Yin. 1958 W. Willetts Chinese Art I. iv. 271 Light is the essence of yang. 1963 ‘R. Erskine’ Passion Flowers in Italy ix. 125 Giorgio looked even taller than usual..and (to all seeming) quite adequately Yang, whatever Consolata might say. 1969 New Scientist 10 July 53/1 For balance, the rational needs the irrational, the intellect must mesh with the emotions, the yang needs the yin. 1971 F. Mann Acupuncture (ed. 2) v. 63 In the treatment of disease, if Yang is hot and over-abundant, thus injuring the Yin fluid..the surplus Yang can be decreased by a method called ‘cooling what is hot’. 1971 Guardian 18 Dec. 9/2 A macrobiotic diet..was the way Zen monks cooked... Foods were divided into Yin things and Yang things... Yang is meat for instance. 1980 Holistic Health News (Berkeley, Calif., Holistic Health Center) Sept.–Oct. 1/3 In the past 300 years with the rise of empirical science, modern technology, property orientation, and the decline of the sacred, we have seen the creation of an extremely yang, overmasculine world-view. 2. yang-yin n. = yin-yang n. at yin n.¹ Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Confucianism > [noun] > concepts in > yin or yang > combination of yin-yang1850 yang-yin1959 1959 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Aion in Coll. Wks. IX. ii. v. 58 This vision..might easily be a description of a genuine yang-yin relationship. 1968 E. B. Irving Reading of Beowulf iv. 179 The poem does seem to have something of a Yang-Yin structure to it:..as the kind of heroic achievement that Beowulf represents nears its end..self-destructiveness.. —the negative side of the heroic ideal—comes into clearer and clearer focus. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 32/3 When I was a kid, the Technocrats used to drive these gray cars with the yang/yin symbol on the door. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1671
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