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The text reads jen-ch'en, but calculation shows that ch'en is an error for hsü.
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There were "ch'en", officials who served the ruler personally, as well as scribes and military officials.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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Si-ning there is a pan shi ch'en (in 1910, Ch'ing Shu).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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According to Vogt, there are five classes of sacred topography among the Tzotzil of Zinacantan -- vits (mountains), ch'en (holes in the ground such as caves), hap 'osil (mountain passes), ton (rocks), and te' (trees) -- geographic features rife with spirit activity.
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Chinese commissioner, styled K'u-lun pan shi ta ch'en (incumbent in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Uliasut'ai, in the territory of San Noin Khalkas, is the seat of a tsiang kiun, or military governor (in 1910, K'un siu), and the two ts'an tsan ta ch'en, or military assistant governors (in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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