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Yantis, John Lapsley, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Lancaster, Kentucky, September 14, 1804. He studied privately, was licensed to preach in 1829, became pastor at Stanford and Lancaster in 1830 removed to Saline County, Missouri, in 1833, and thereafter labored alternately as teacher and pastor in various places, especially Danville, Kentucky, where he … Continue reading “Yantis, John Lapsley, D.D”

Yanshuph SEE OWL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Yang sheng “Nurturing life,” conserving one’s vital powers, by which later Taoists understood sex life, breath control, the physical exercises and diet. — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Yang-hsing ‘Nurturing the bodily frame’, by which some early Taoists implied an attitude towards life rather than a system of hygiene. — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Yang Chu (c. 440-360 B.C.) Was a great Taoist whose teachings, together with those of Mo Tzu, “filled the empire” and strongly rivaled Confucianism at the time of Mencius (371-289 B.C.) His main doctrines of following nature and preserving life and the essence of being have been distorted as hedonism and egoism in the work … Continue reading “Yang Chu”

Yang ch’i (a) Nourishing one’s vital force, the basis of the human body, by the practice of benevolence, righteousness, and uprightness, and the obedience of the moral law (tao) so that the vital force may be most great and most strong “to the extent of filling up all between Heaven and Earth” Seehao jan chih … Continue reading “Yang ch’i”

Yang and Yin (or Yen) are terms used in Chinese philosophy to indicate the two phases under which the ultimate principle of the universe displays itself in the phenomenal world. They were generated by Tai-ki, or the supreme principle Yang being a perfect, subtle, celestial, luminous nature; Yin being matter, imperfect, crude, earthly, obscure. From … Continue reading “Yang and Yin (or Yen)”

Yang (a) The active, male cosmic principle or force. Seeyin yang. (b) The school of Yang Chu (c 440 – c 360 B.C.) and his followers, whose main doctrines are neither hedonism as Lieh Tzu seerns to represent him, nor egoism as Mencius interpreted him, but rather the Taoist doctrines of following nature, of “preserving … Continue reading “Yang”

Yamasee Indians A tribe of Muskhogean stock, mentioned frequently in the history of South Carolina, residing formerly near the Savannah River and in Florida. The Spanish missionaries under Fray Antonio Sedeño began to labour among them about 1570, and little trouble arose until a rebellion of the Yamasee was provoked by an attempt of the … Continue reading “Yamasee Indians”

Yama (Skr.) Restraint, particularly moral restraint as the first condition for attaining the object of Yoga (q.v.), including ahimsa (q.v.) and brahmacarya (q.v.), relinguishing theft and desire for gratuities. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy