Ts'in

Ts'in kingdoms, which, with many other minor ones, maintained a semi-independence of Tsin, their rulers sometimes even assuming the title of emperor.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

They were very strict in their rules, so that sramans from the territory of Ts'in (9) were all unprepared for their regulations.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

The first king was Kwo-kin, and received his appointment from the sovereign of the chief Ts'in kingdom in 385.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

To the east of these hills the dress of the common people is of coarse materials, as in our country of Ts'in, but here also (6) there were among them the differences of fine woollen cloth and of serge or haircloth.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

(There) Hwuy-king fell ill, and Tao-ching remained to look after him, while Hwuy-tah came alone to Purushapura, and saw the others, and (then) he with Pao-yun and Sang-king took their way back to the land of Ts'in.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

When they saw their fellow-disciples from Ts'in passing along, they were moved with great pity and sympathy, and expressed themselves thus: "How is it that these men from a border-land should have learned to become monks, (2) and come for the sake of our doctrines from such a distance in search of the Law of Buddha?"

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

He further got a transcript of the rules in six or seven thousand gathas, (6) being the sarvastivadah (7) rules, -- those which are observed by the communities of monks in the land of Ts'in; which also have all been handed down orally from master to master without being committed to writing.

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

The dynasty of Ts'in prevailed over the other states.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

I Ts'in Wang, Prince of I, not included in the eight, is also perpetual.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It is probable that the name China, from the Ts'in dynasty (third century B.C.), reached the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913