Yang

Yang may refer to:

• Yang, in yin and yang, 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, in Shaanxi, China
• The Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902.
• YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration protocol.
• Yang, a free software for MacOSX to analyze and secure your servers.
• Yang, Sikhoraphum - Surin Province, Thailand

Fictional characters

• Cristina Yang, on the turn of the century TV show, Grey's Anatomy
• Yang, from the show Yin Yang Yo!
• 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

People

• Yang (surname), 楊, 杨, Chinese surname
• Yang is a common Chinese surname Yú (Yeo)(楊)

• Chen Ning Yang, a Nobel Prize winning physicist
• Xiangzhong Yang (1959-2009), Chinese-American scientist
• Yang Zhongjian (杨钟健, 1897-1979), a Chinese paleontologist.
• Jerry Yang (entrepreneur), a Taiwanese American entrepreneur
• Yang Jisheng, Chinese journalist and author of Tombstone
• Yang (yanga, yango) Son of Ho Chung

• Dong Yi Yang (born 1984), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter
• Jerry Yang (poker player), winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker
• Yang Yong-eun or Y.E. Yang (1972–), South Korean golfer
• Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia
• Rainie Yang , Taiwanese singer ,actress and host.

See also

• Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, a Chinese martial art named after the Yang family
• All pages beginning with "Yang"