Lang-ya-hsiu has been located by some in Java by others in the Malay Peninsula, but even on the latter supposition this testimony to Indian influence in the Far East is still important.
Chang Hsiu in Jang, when Liu Piao sent reinforcements with a view to cutting off Ts`ao's retreat.
It was the last quarter of the century: I imagine Lu Hui-neng was the Messenger sent out into the world; he spent the rest of his life teaching in the neighborhood of Canton; I imagine Shen Hsiuremained the Head of the Esoteric School.
Hung Jen, it appears, left two successors: Lu Hui-neng in the south, and Shen Hsiu in the north.
In any case, it did not satisfy the Fifth Patriarch, who recognized its author and advised Shen- hsiu privately to submit another verse in two days.
The story tells that Shen-hsiu struggled for four days and finally mounted his courage to write an unsigned verse on a wall corridor at midnight.
Hsiu then purchased the status of chien-sheng,[177] and by further careful investment of his money ultimately became the richest man in that part of the country.
Just then an uncle of his, named Chang, was about to start with merchandise for the capital, and recommended that Hsiu should go along with him, promising himself to pay all expenses, an offer which Hsiu was only too pleased to accept.
By-and-by the Grand Examiner arrived, and Hsiucame out in the fourth class.
Hsiu soon took this out of them; and, as day was beginning to dawn and the Custom House was about to open, he went off with his winnings back to his own boat.
Wang Shih-hsiu was a native of Lu-chou, and such a lusty fellow that he could pick up a stone mortar.
His mother was extremely angry, and refused to take food, which brought young Hsiu to his senses, and he promised her faithfully he would never gamble again.
Two years before the end, Tu Wên-hsiu made a great effort to prop up his falling cause by securing the help of Great Britain.
With the capitulation of Tali and the death of Tu Wên-hsiu the Mohammedans were able to make no further headway against the imperial troops.
He says that when Tu Wên-hsiu was brought into the presence of the imperialist general he begged with his last breath that the conquerors would be merciful.
Liu Hsiu of the Han dynasty makes mention of the book in his seven chapters treating on it.
The honour of transmitting this book to posterity is due to Liu Hsiu and Kwoh P'oh; but, to prevent learners from considering that the notes made by the two scholars are of no importance, I have therefore written this preface.
Pei Hsiu also reports in his preface (dated 858) that he sent his work back to Kuang T'ang monastery on Mt.
Shen-hsiu agreed reluctantly, reportedly having to be carried on a pallet into the presence of the empress.
A biography of Shen-hsiu from Ch'an sources may be found in Yampolsky, Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.
Afterward, however, he summoned Shen-hsiu to his private quarters and inquired if he was author of the verse.
His final admonitions were organized by Pei Hsiu and summarized in the following list, reported as Huang-po's answer to the question of what guidance he had to offer those who found his teaching difficult.
Perhaps most important, the success of Shen-hsiu was also the success of Ch'an, or what appeared to be success.
Shen-hsiu departed, but try as he might he could not produce the second gatha.
The Hsiu Ts'ai examinations were held twice every three years in the provincial capitals.
Voh lia chien i vai ku i ou hsiu chiang pieh ha nung mai voh lia a lai chiang chiang, tou tiao lai ti lai to.
Liu Hsiu prevailed, becoming the first emperor of the second Han dynasty, also called the Later Han dynasty; his name as emperor was Kuang-wu Ti (A.
However, one prince by the name of Liu Hsiu gradually gained the upper hand.
The latter even went so far as to propose to Mr. Chang that Kuei-hsiu should go as second wife, at which he was so enraged that he declared he would wash his hands of the girl altogether.
And should you ask who is the Governor, I reply, 'Ou-yang Hsiu of Lu-ling.
The execution of this project was entrusted to Ou-yang Hsiu and Sung Ch'i, both of whom were leading men in the world of letters.
The problem now was how to get Ts'ao Ching-hsiu out of the hands of the terrible Censor.
On receipt of this edict, Pao Lao-yeh liberated Ts'ao Ching-hsiu from the cangue, and allowed him to go free.
Here I follow that adopted in Hsiu hsiang Pa Hsien tung yu chi [32] in which they are described in the order in which they became Immortals.
The latter immediately had Ts'ao Ching-hsiu arrested, cangued, and fettered.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hsiu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
