Yang is the one of the two opposing forces in Chinese philosophy, it associates with the bright Sun, represents masculine nature. See Yin Yang.

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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