the masculine active principle in Chinise cosmology [n -S]
the masculine active principle in Chinese cosmology [n YANGS]
the masculine active principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in light, heat, or dryness and that combines with yin to produce all that comes to be
(in Chinese philosophy and religion), of the two principles (yin and yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things, the principle that is positive, bright, and masculine