So long as the I-pien (the local name of the Nou-su) greases the palm of the squeezing Chinese mandarin in whose nominal control the district extends, he may run riot as he pleases.
That city no longer exists; but the memory of Kao-pien remains, for he was governor of the province of Sze-tchouen, and a mighty poet.
I thereupon sent in search of a trader, who quickly appeared, and gave me the names of the different stages to the next city of Ma-pien T'ing.
In the month of April, the rapids of Tsing-tan and Shan-tou-pien were the worst.
Ascending its left bank for four miles through dense hedges of prickly pear, growing with a profusion I have not seen elsewhere in Western China, we crossed it at the ferry of Ho-pien Hsün, a customs station on its right bank.
Duke Huan takes from him the town of Pienand gives it to Kuan Chung.
Asked what he thought of Kuan Chung,[130] the Master said, He was the man that drove the Po from the town of Pien with its three hundred households to end his days on coarse rice, without his muttering a word.
To Chou-pien and Tzu-hua he confided all questions of administration, and in the course of twenty years a great improvement was to be noticed in the affairs of the province.
The people showed their appreciation by erecting a monument to his honour, while the King conferred upon him an estate and the dignity of a title, and in recognition of their services promoted Chou-pien and Tzu-hua to very high posts.
His Majesty granted Chou-pien his pardon; but that same month he died of disease.
He sent a messenger to make inquiries about them, and the news he brought back was that Chou-pien was dead and Tzu-hua lying ill.
Ch'un-yü threw Chou-pien into prison, and asked the King what punishment should be visited upon him.
Before leaving he acknowledged to the King that he had no great confidence in his own powers, and suggested that he should be allowed to take with him Chou-pien and Tzu-hua as commissioners of justice and finance.
See the Sonnet Pien di quell'acqua written to Boccaccio on his entering the Certosa at Naples.
He remained in the fields until after dark, then entered by the Tung Pien Mên, and made his way along the foot of the wall in the Chinese city till he reached the end of Legation Street.
I shall make my way out by the Tung Pien gate, follow the canal for some distance, and then strike for the river.
It was pitch dark when they arrived, and with a sudden rush they disposed of the Chinese guard on duty on the bridge immediately outside the Tung Pien gate, and then blew a hole in the gate itself with their guns.
Han Period Painting On Silk by Ma Yuan Ancient Chinese Jades Painting attributed to Pien Chin-Stan Tung Fang So.
Truly he is of the same strain as Pien Ch'iao and Ts'ang Kung of old; and as he is now living not very far from this, I wonder your Highness does not summon him.
These words were scarcely out of his mouth when up rose Pien Chuang, generalissimo of the forces of Cheng, and declared that he was ready to undertake the post.
Duke Ai thereupon ordered Pien Chuang to transfer to him the golden tablet; but this he refused to do, arguing that the slaughter of a dragon was simply a magician's trick, and not at all to the present purpose.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
