t'ien

The Lord Tzin himself signed and stamped documents of ennoblement with his own hand and the seal of the kingdom made of rare jade engraved with a li, a one-horned dragon knob with four toes bearing the inscription that had come down to the Kings of Han from the past: Shou t'ien chih ming huang ti shou ch'ang (By the command of heaven, long-lived and glorious the emperor).

The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

[But] now some full marquises had not gone to their states; altho they received the income of the land-tax and tax on produce from their distant states, they were also themselves permitted to have cultivated land (t'ien) in other prefectures or marches.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1955

This consists of a representation of the twelve terrestrial branches or stems, _ti chih_ > and the ten celestial trunks, _t'ien kan, _ indicating the cardinal points and the intermediate points, north-east, north-west, south-east, and south-west.

Myths and Legends of China 1909

These traits are equally apparent in an iris by Nan t'ien and a personage by

Chinese Painters A Critical Study Raphael Petrucci 1906

But the inscription also speaks of heaven (t'ien) as appointing princes, and of the universal law (tao) and it contains several references to Chinese literature.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

(t'ien), in which the worship of sun and stars took the principal place;

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

"'T'ung t'ien yu ming' — listen to heaven and follow fate.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

He has under him thirty-six generals, t'ien tsiang "(Edkins,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913