ch'ien

Wang Nien-sun says that chiao and ch'ien mean [approximately] the same and have not here two different meanings.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1944

To only three periods could the words ch'ien, chung, and hou be (retrospectively) applied, as was the case in the reign of

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1944

The chief of the Chi family sent to ask Min Tsze - ch'ien to be governor of Pi.

The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) 551 BC-479 BC Confucius 1856

The Master said, 'Filial indeed is Min Tsze - ch'ien!

The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects James Legge 1856

[ed., xi or xii cent.] says, ` [In the phrase] "Ch'ien po-shih," one text does not have the word "ch'ien."

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1955

6 This ia related by Sze-ma ch'ien 孔子世家, p. 7, and also in the 'Narratives of the School.'

The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856