yang See YIN, YANG.

Yang Chu also called Yang Tzu (c.370–319 B.C.), Chinese philosopher most famous...

Yang Hsiung (53 B.C. – A.D. 18), Chinese philosopher who wrote two...

Yen Yuan (1635–1704), Chinese traditionalist and social critic. Like Wang Fu-chih, he...

yi Chinese term probably with an earlier meaning of 'sense of...

Yi Ching See I-CHING.

yin yang, metaphors used in the classical tradition of Chinese philosophy...

Yoga See SANKHYA-YOGA.

Yogacara Buddhism See BUDDHISM.

Young Hegelians See HEGEL.

yü Chinese term meaning 'desire'. One can feel yü toward sex...

yu wu, Chinese terms literally meaning 'having' and 'nothing', respectively; they...

yung Chinese term usually translated as 'courage' or 'bravery'. Different forms...