In the same way the philosopher Chwang Chou, or Chwang-tsz, was spoken of by the Han historians as Yen Chou, because chwang was an imperial personal name.
He was imitated at the same time by Duke Muh of Ts'in and King Chwang of Ts'u, both of which rulers (seventh century B.
Chwang the Mystic; "let us have a little of the silence and splendor of the Within!
A supplementary exchange of notes of the same date excepted from the scope of this agreement the Shan-hai-kwan-Niu-chwang extension which had already been conceded to the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank.
A branch from the Mukden-Tientsin line goes round the head of the Gulf of Liao-tung and connects Niu-chwang with the Mukden-Port Arthur line.
It was the intention of General Nozu, after freeing the Hai-cheng garrison from Ikotenga, to seize Niu-chwang port.
Moreover, the maritime customs at Niu-chwang were retained by the Russo-Chinese Bank despite protests from the Chinese imperial authorities, and a Russian civil administration was established at that port.
Chwang Keang Bemoans Her Husband's Cruelty~ Fierce is the wind and cold; And such is he.
The fourth connects Niu-chwang with the Gate of Korea.
The second road runs from the treaty port of Niu-chwang through Mukden to Petuna in the north-western corner of the Kirin province, and thence to Tsitsihar, Mergen and the Amur.
We had heard a marvellous tale that at New-Chwang there was ice, champagne, and a hotel with enamelled bath-tubs.
I reached New-Chwang at midnight, and after being refused admittance by the Japanese soldiers, was finally rescued by the Number One man from the Manchuria Hotel, who had been sent out by Fox with two sikhs and a lantern to find me.
Yuan Chwang was presented to the emperor, who treated him as a personal friend, took him into the palace, and questioned him day by day about the wonders of these strange lands in which he had stayed so long.
They were still much the same people as those of whom Yuan Chwang gave us a glimpse four hundred years earlier, but now they were Moslems, and Moslems of the primitive type, men whom Abu Bekr would have welcomed to Islam.
And in competition with this Buddhism, intellectually undermined as it now was and smothered in gilded decoration, Brahminism was everywhere gaining ground again, as Yuan Chwang notes with regret.
The return of Yuan Chwang to Singan, the Chinese capital, was, we gather, a triumph.
Yuan Chwang gives an interesting account of a great Buddhist university at Nalanda, where ruins have quite recently been discovered and excavated.
The subsequent history of Yuan Chwang contains two incidents that throw light upon the mental workings of this great monarch, Tai-tsung, who was probably quite as much a Moslem as he was a Christian or a Buddhist.
Buddhist writers thought very highly of Tai-tsung because of his reception of Yuan Chwang (645).
The caste system Yuan Chwang found fully established in spite of Buddha, and the Brahmins were now altogether in the ascendant.
So it was natural to him to propose that Yuan Chwang should now give up the religious life and come into his foreign office, a proposal that Yuan Chwang would not entertain for a moment.
At that time there was an imperial edict forbidding foreign travel, so that Yuan Chwang started from Singan like an escaping criminal.
As his narrative approached his experiences in India, however, the pious and learned pilgrim in Yuan Chwang got the better of the traveller, and the book becomes congested with monstrous stories of incredible miracles.
The country between Niu-chwang and Hankau-chwang is at first flat and uninteresting, although rich in vegetation.
Another interesting stage of my journey was from Hankau-chwang to Tien-tsin, through one of the richest districts of China.
Since the last war the route between Niu-chwang and Hankau-chwang had been under the military control of Russia, while the other route between the latter town and Tien-tsin was held by British troops.
Niu-chwang is an important place even now, but it has every possibility and likelihood of becoming one of the great commercial centres of the future.
On the day of my departure from Niu-chwang I had the good fortune to witness an historical event, the official transfer of the railway to the Chinese Governor-General of Manchuria.
To give my readers a somewhat accurate idea of the importance of this town I will try to quote from the Official journals:-- The town of Niu-chwang is rapidly growing in importance since the construction of the railway.
The railway line, which brings Niu-chwang into direct communication with Siberia and Pekin, was just finished.
Fa-hien found him here worshipped by followers of the mahayana school; but Hsuan-chwang connects his worship with the yogachara or tantra-magic school.
Year by year the church at Ta-kwau-chwang declined.
The large and prosperous village of Ta-kwan-chwang is situated twelve miles southeast of Changte.
Why did Lao Tsz, Chwang Tsz, Cheu Kung[FN#304] and Confucius do such a useless task as to found their doctrines and lay down the precepts for men?
FN#219] The account is given by Chwang Tsz in his book, vol.
Of what use (then) are the teachings of Lao Tsz and Chwang Tsz?
Chwang Tsz seems to have noticed that the harmony of breathing is typical of the harmony of mind, since he says: "The true men of old did not dream when they slept.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chwang" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
