Their appropriate title (not uncommon in other Malayan countries) is Iangde per-tuan, literally signifying he who ruleth.
The old king of Johor, who had so often engaged the Portuguese, left three sons, the eldest of whom succeeded him by the title of Iang de per-tuan.
Huang Mei, Teng Ch`iang and others shut himself up behind his walls and refused to fight.
Ch`iang was soon in such a desperate plight for want of provisions that he was forced to make a total surrender.
Ch`iang having found a refuge in the hills, Ma Yuan made no attempt to force a battle, but seized all the favorable positions commanding supplies of water and forage.
Teng Ch`iang said: "Our adversary is of a choleric temper and easily provoked; let us make constant sallies and break down his walls, then he will grow angry and come out.
Chang Yu tells the following anecdote: Wu-tu Ch`iang was a robber captain in the time of the Later Han, and Ma Yuan was sent to exterminate his gang.
The Tibetans fell apart into two sub-groups, the Ch'iang and the Ti.
The Ch'iang rose with them, but it was not until later, from 312, that they pursued an independent policy.
When he heard her resolution, Chia Ch'iang had perforce to stand still.
Hearing this reproach, Chia Ch'iang of a sudden sprang to his feet with alacrity and vehemently endeavoured by vowing and swearing to establish his innocence.
His sole desire was to find what relations existed between his cousin and Ling Kuan, when he perceived Chia Ch'iang walk in and laughingly say to her, "Come and see this thing.
I have already said that he was passionately in love with Iang Mûnah, and he knew that he would at length win his Heart's Desire.
Iang Mûnah also disappeared from among the women; but to Tûan Bângau not a word was said, and never by sign or gesture was he allowed to guess that his crime was known to the King.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iang" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
