Footnote 2: It was afterwards translated by Fâ-hien into Chinese.
Here Fâ-hien stayed two years, writing out his Sûtras, and drawing pictures of images.
Fâ-hien and the others went forward to the kingdom of Tsze-hoh, which it took them twenty-five days to reach.
Whatever cause is accepted, it is agreed that as soon as he returned to his house he summoned Hien and Tsin Lung together and leaving them for a moment presently returned, leading Fa Fei by the hand.
Hien could reply, and from behind a tree where he had heard Thang-li's impolite reference to himself Tsin Lung stood forth.
Can it really be," said Hien incredulously, "that my contemptible efforts are a matter of sympathetic interest to one so high up in every way as the renowned Chief Examiner?
Concerning the episode of this discreetly-veiled personage the historians who have handed down the story of the imperishable affection of Hien and Fa Fei have maintained an illogical silence.
As soon as it was dark she stepped out from the house and veiling her purpose under the pretext of gathering some herbs to complete a charm she presently entered a grove of overhanging cedars where Hien had long been awaiting her footsteps.
Yet it is related that about the same time, as Hien was walking by the side of a bamboo forest of stunted growth, he was astonished by the maiden suddenly appearing before him from the direction of the royal camp.
That which was called for does not therefore exist, but the story of Hienmay be taken as indicating the actual course of events should the case arise in an ordinary state of life.
It is true that the one before you cannot bend his brush to such deceptive ends," replied Hien modestly.
Yet wherein is the essence of the test maintained," he asked, "seeing that the one whom you call Hien obtained all that which he desired and he who chiefly opposed his aims was himself involved in ridicule and delivered to a sudden end?
The inevitable consequence was, therefore, that when the papers were collected Hien and Tsin Lung had accomplished an identical number of correct lines and no other person had made even an attempt.
Hitherto Hien has been opposed by a thousand, and against so many it is true that the spirits of his ancestors have been able to afford him very little help.
Fa-hien also saw the offspring of the original Bodhi-tree growing in Ceylon (Legge, p.
Both Fa-hien and Hiouen Thsang mention the legend that he one day threw on the ground a twig he had used to clean his teeth (danta-kash[t.
With regard to the celebrated sandal-wood image, Fa-hien (p.
According to Fa-hien they also erected a Stupa over half the relics of the burnt body of Ananda (see p.
Fa-hien records that he saw in Northern India a wooden image of Maitreya Bodhi-sattva eighty cubits high, which on fast days emitted a brilliant light.
The next city reached is Lan Ki Hien or Lan Chi Hsien, famous for its hams, dates, and all the good things of this life, according to the Chinese.
I-ching hien is still the great port of the Yang-chau salt manufacture, for export by the Kiang and its branches to the interior provinces.
Prince Yihchoo, who was less than twenty years old, took the name of Hien Fong, which means great abundance, and immediately upon his accession drew to his aid his four younger brothers, a new departure in Manchu rule.
Fa-hien started on foot from China, to visit India, to learn of Buddhism and Buddha in the old home.
The Ta Hien mountains were reputed uninhabitable on account of the presence of gigantic serpents (pythons?
This Usurper, when she came into power in former years, poisoned the Eastern Empress-Consort of Hien Feng; she murdered with poisoned wine the Empress of Tung Chih; and by her acts made the late Emperor Hien Feng die of spleen and indignation.
Some people suspect her of having been instrumental in causing the death of the Emperor Hien Feng, as also of his and her son Tung Chih.
For a time she nominally shared the power with Tze An, the childless widow of the Emperor Hien Feng.
The number was originally four, with Prince Kung, a brother of the emperor Hien Feng, at their head.
Yun-Hien was the abbot of one of those great minsters and abbeys of Bacsis, of which Marco speaks, and the exact date (no longer visible) of the monument was equivalent to A.
The Regent had led the Emperor [Hien Fung] systematically into debauched habits which ended in paralysis.
Fa-hien implies that he threw the rock with his own arm.
Since the Great Doctrine flowed on to the East there has been no one to be compared with Hien in his forgetfulness of self and search for the Law.
Fa-hien estimated its distance to be 1500 le from T'un-hwang.
We must suppose that the original record had disappeared from the Jetavana vihara, or Fa-hien would probably have spoken of it when he was there, and copied it, if he had been allowed to do so.
This is the first time that Fa-hien employs the name Ho-shang {.
We naturally suppose that the merchant-offerer was a Chinese, as indeed the Chinese texts say, and the fan such as Fa-hien had seen and used in his native land.
This king was perhaps Kanishka himself, Fa-hien mixing up, in an inartistic way, different legends about him.
Fa-hien himself grew up with other boys in a monastery, and no doubt had to "go to school.
Upon reaching the Hwa-hien district, Hung-jin found that from henceforth home to him was but a name.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
