Yin and yang whose fusion in physical matter brings the phenomenal world into being. Also "attrib". or as "adj"., and "transf". Cf. yang. b. "Comb"., as yin-yang, the combination or fusion of the two cosmic forces; freq. attrib., esp. as yin-yang symbol, a circle divided by an S-shaped line into a dark and a light segment, representing respectively "yin" and "yang", each containing a 'seed' of the other. yang (jæŋ) Also Yang. [Chinese "yáng" yang, sun, positive, male genitals.] a. In Chinese philosophy, the masculine or positive principle (characterized by light, warmth, dryness, activity, etc.) of the two opposing cosmic forces into which
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema in spite of social conservatism and government censorship. Chia-Chi Wu writes, 'In its queering of Chinese-language film– reclaiming or recreating Chinese texts for queer interpretation – "Yang±Yin" undercuts heteronormativity and patriarchy foundational to nationalist discourses of Chinese communities and creates a queer imaginary that is ‘pan-Chinese’.' Kwan draws attention to the coded or subtle queerness of Chinese cinema. For example, director Zhang Che describes, 'possible 'Freudian' readings' of his film "The Slaughter In Xi'an" (1990), thus, according to Fran Martin, 'validating the power of the spectators agency and never denying the erotic tensions bubbling beneath supposedly chaste canons of Confuscian