ch'an

Zen is the Japanese equivalent of ch'an in Chinese, and of dhyāna (“medi - tation”) in Sanskrit.

BUDDHISM HAJIME NAKAMURA 1968

In Chinese mythology, the ch'an, a three-legged toad, lives in the moon and is supposed to swallow it during an eclipse.

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

The moon is often referred to as ch'an, as in the poem.

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

Some accounts make out that Tsz - ch'an was then only just dead, but the better opinion is that he had already then been dead for twenty-seven years: in any case it is curious that Confucius, who was a very tall man, should twice be mistaken for other persons.

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887

Wu, whose ancestors, however, were the same ancestors as the orthodox imperial rulers of the Chou dynasty; contemporary of Tsz - ch'an.

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887

Yen replied, 'The influences of Tsze - ch'an and my master might be compared to those of overflowing water and the fattening rain.

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

Confucius thereupon made his way westwards, over the various headwaters of the River Hwai, to Cheng (imperial clan), the state which had been for a generation so admirably administered by Tsz - ch'an: in fact, a man outside the city gate observed "how like

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887