Not until the fourth day after leavingTien Tsing was the blue outline of mountains perceived on the horizon.
The cortège reached Tien Tsing, a town which appeared as long as London, and contained not less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants.
Chin Tien is one of the largest and most prosperous of Omei's monasteries, and it is also one of the best conducted.
Our stores were almost gone, and the coolies had burnt their last joss sticks; so I took farewell of the kindly monks of Chin Tien and started down the mountain.
But, after a long and severe scrutiny at the court of Rome, Tien was found to signify nothing more than heavenly or universal matter, and the Jesuits of China were ordered to renounce this heresy.
The following references may be found useful: -- T`UNG TIEN (circa 800 A.
The T`UNG TIEN reads, "If THE ENEMY crosses a river," etc.
In the T`UNG TIEN is added: "From this we may know the difficulty of maneuvering.
Tien Nung is the earthly name by which is known she who combines all the most illustrious attributes which have been possessed of women since the days of the divine Fou-Hy.
Many months passed before he was competent to reproduce persons resembling Tien and himself, for in this he was unassisted by Tieng Lin, and his progress was slow.
Now, however, he records it as his unalterable decision that the father of Tien Nung is by profession a person who obtains goods by stratagem, and that, moreover, it is impossible to gain an advantage over him on matters of exchange.
The trembling words of Tien have sunk deep into the inside of Kin Yen and become part of his being.
With this Tien returns everything she has ever accepted from Kin Yen.
This is increased by the fact that Tien had conveyed his seemingly distinguished intentions to all her friends, before whom she now stands in an exceedingly ungraceful attitude.
Tien herself was all that the most exacting of persons could demand, but her opinions on the subject of picture-making were not formed by heavy thought, and it would have been well if this had been borne in mind by this person.
In June the Tien Wang, seeing his cause was hopeless, committed suicide, and the capture of Nanking by the imperialist troops shortly afterwards brought the Taiping revolt to a conclusion.
Here the Tien Wang established his court, and while spending his own time in heavenly contemplation and earthly pleasures, sent the assistant Wangs on warlike expeditions through the adjacent provinces.
It was then brought before the Papal See, condemned as idolatrous, and Tien Chu, the Lord of Heaven, adopted in its stead.
Soon after leaving Hai Tien we came to a pai lou (archway), a very beautiful piece of old Chinese architecture and carved work, and from here got our first view of the Palace gates, which were about 100 yards ahead.
His stock became larger and more varied, and Tsai Tien continued to be a profitable customer.
The next morning when the imperial clan assembled to condole with her on the death of her son, she bore little Tsai Tien into their midst declaring: "Here is your emperor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
