Yang
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Yang may refer to:
  • Yang, in yin and yang
    Yin and yang
    In Asian philosophy, the concept of yin yang , which is often referred to in the West as "yin and yang", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Opposites thus only...

    , the word for one half of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, described as "bright positive masculine principle" in Chinese dualistic cosmology
  • Yang County
    Yang County
    Yang County is a county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China....

    , in Shaanxi, China
  • YANG
    YANG
    YANG is a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration protocol. The YANG data modeling language was developed by the NETMOD working group in the IETF and was published as RFC 6020 in October 2010. The data modeling language can be used to model both configuration data as well as...

    , a data modeling language for the NETCONF
    Netconf
    The Network Configuration Protocol, NETCONF, is an IETF network management protocol. It was developed in the NETCONF working group and published in December 2006 as RFC 4741 and later revised in June 2011 and published as RFC 6241....

     network configuration protocol.
  • Yang, Sikhoraphum - Surin Province, Thailand


Fictional characters
  • Cristina Yang
    Cristina Yang
    Cristina Yang is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Sandra Oh, who won a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in 2006 for the role...

    , on the turn of the century TV show, Grey's Anatomy
  • Yang, from the show Yin Yang Yo!
    Yin Yang Yo!
    Yin Yang Yo! is a Canadian-American animated television series created by Bob Boyle II and produced by Jetix Animation Concepts. It is the third Jetix-original show. It premiered on October 2, 2006 on Jetix with a sneak peek airing on August 26, 2006...

  • Yang, Experiment 502 in Lilo and Stitch: The Series
  • Yang Fang Leiden, from Final Fantasy IV
  • Yang Lee, in the Street Fighter III series of videogames
  • Mr. Yang, the Yin Yang serial killer in the season 3 finale of Psych
    Psych
    Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...



People
  • Yang (surname)
    Yang (surname)
    Yang is the transcription of the Chinese family name 楊 / 杨. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China.- Characters :Yang is most often the transliteration of the character 楊 . The same character can also mean a type of poplar...

    , 楊, 杨, Chinese surname
  • Yang is a common Chinese surname Yú (Yeo)
    Yú (Yeo)
    余, 餘 is Chinese surname. 余, 呂 is Chinese and Korean surname.-余 :余 is Yu, original dialect is Yá, Yú, Yur, Yeo.origin;*Yu from Xi Rong, or Rong Di*Yu from surname Xi of Xia Dynasty*Yu from Zang people of Gansu...

    (楊)
  • Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel Prize winning physicist
  • Xiangzhong Yang
    Xiangzhong Yang
    Professor Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang was a leading American biotechnology scientist, and stem cell research advocate...

     (1959-2009), Chinese-American scientist
  • Yang Zhongjian
    Yang Zhongjian
    Yang Zhongjian , courtesy name Keqiang , also known as C.C. Young, was one of China's foremost paleontologists. He has been called the 'Father of Chinese vertebrate paleontology'...

     (杨钟健, 1897-1979), a Chinese paleontologist.
  • Jerry Yang (entrepreneur), a Taiwanese American entrepreneur
  • Yang Jisheng
    Yang Jisheng
    Yang Jisheng is a Chinese journalist and author of Tombstone , a comprehensive account of the Great Chinese Famine during the Great Leap Forward. Yang joined the Communist Party in 1964 and graduated from Tsinghua University in 1966. He promptly joined Xinhua News Agency, where he worked until...

    , Chinese journalist and author of Tombstone
  • Yang (yanga, yango) Son of Ho Chung

  • Dong Yi Yang
    Dong Yi Yang
    Yang Dongi , often anglicised to Dongi Yang or Dong-Yi Yang, is a South Korean mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Yang mostly fought in Asia before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship-Early career:Yang began his...

     (born 1984), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter
  • Jerry Yang (poker player)
    Jerry Yang (poker player)
    Xao "Jerry" Yang is an ethnic Hmong poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.Yang started playing poker in 2005. An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort...

    , winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker
  • Yang Yong-eun
    Yang Yong-eun
    Yang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....

     or Y.E. Yang (1972–), South Korean golfer
  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong
    Yang di-Pertuan Agong
    The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia. The office was established in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya gained independence....

    , the constitutional monarch of Malaysia

See also

  • Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, a Chinese martial art named after the Yang family
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