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Definition of Hsuan chiao
1. Noun. Popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hsuan Chiao
Literary usage of Hsuan chiao
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals & Memoirs of the Court of Peking (from the 16th to the 20th Century) by Edmund Backhouse, John Otway Percy Bland (1914)
"... the " Heavenly King's " younger sister, hsuan chiao, watched the candidates
from behind a curtain, and was much taken with Pu's good looks. ..."
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