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Definition of Hsian

1. Noun. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hsian

Literary usage of Hsian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1897)
"On the contrary, when Marco Polo visited hsian-fu, he says ' that the people were all ... If then the inscription of hsian-fu of the year 781 is genuine, ..."

2. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"Their presence and activity in China during these centuries are attested not only by the famous monument of hsian-fu, but likewise by various Chinese ..."

3. The Re-shaping of the Far East by Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale (1905)
"Cheng Chun-hsian First Lieutenant . Fu Chun-hsian. Second Lieutenant Hsieh Chun-hsian. The training of all these men is on the Japanese system. ..."

4. Last Essays by the Right Hon. Professor F. Max Müller ... First Series by Friedrich Max Müller (1901)
"Their presence and activity in China during those centuries are attested not only by the famous monument of hsian-fu, but likewise by various Chinese ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"If the Tsien Han-shu (' History of the First Hans ') and the records left by Fa-Heen and hsian-Tsang were consulted, we should find many P-aces mentioned ..."

6. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"If the Tsien Han-shu (" History of the First Hans ") and the records left by Fa-Heen and hsian-Tsang were consulted, we should find many places mentioned ..."

7. The Continuation Committee Conferences in Asia, 1912-1913: A Brief Account by John Raleigh Mott (1913)
"Wang Yin-tung, Baptist Missionary Society, hsian, Shensi. Wei Fu-ying, Rev., Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, Kaifeng. White, Rt. Rev. ..."

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