Yang
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Yang is the one of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, it associates with the bright Sun, represents masculine nature. See Yin Yang.
Yang is the transliteration of Chinese family name 楊, also spelt as Yeung, which means poplar literally.
It can also be the transliteration of a very rare Chinese family name 羊.
Prominent people with family name 楊
- Chen-Ning Yang, Physicist and a Nobel medalist
- Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo
- Yang Guifei, a famous emperor-consort in Tang dynasty
- Yang Guozhong, a politician and Yang Guifei's brother
- Yang Shangkun, PRC politician
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