Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
fung-hwang .
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Examples
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Their peculiar yellow tinge makes every thing look "hwang" or yellow, -- and hence yellow is
Historic Girls Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874
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These "hwang" cliffs, or dirt-cliffs, are full of caves and crevices, but the good priest could see no convenient cave, and he had therefore no alternative but to boldly face his fate, and like a brave man calmly meet what he could not avoid.
Historic Girls Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874
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By the time the army headquarters and the correspondents had moved up to Feng-hwang-Cheng, Jack had sent nineteen articles and hundreds of pictures to Hearst, but had no idea whether any had reached San Francisco.
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Le Hao, (15) the prefect of T'un-hwang, had supplied them with the means of crossing the desert (before them), in which there are many evil demons and hot winds.
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
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It is said that the Emperor Ming-hwang, of the dynasty Tang, was one night led to the palace of the moon, where he saw a large assembly of Chang-go-sëën-neu -- female divinities playing on instruments of music.
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
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On his return he found his General in disordered flight, and had his small force been available at the Battle of the Yalu it could have protected the retreat to Hamatan and Feng-hwang-cheng.
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Fa-hien estimated its distance to be 1500 le from T'un-hwang.
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
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T'un-hwang by the king of "the northern Leang," in 400; and there he sustained himself, becoming by and by "duke of western Leang," till he died in 417.
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
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Taoism, or Tao-kiao, was invented by the disciples of Lao-tze, but the lofty theories of this philosopher have denigrated to the grossest superstitions, alchemy, astrology, and a worship of a pantheon of idols, the highest of which is Yu-hwang Shang-ti; the chief of the Taoists resides at Lung-hu-shan (Kiang-si); most of the hierarchy are extremely ignorant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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