Chinchon, Bernardo Perez De a Spanish theologian, was born at Gandia, in the kingdom of Valencia, and lived in the 16th century. He was canon of the Collegiate Church of Valencia, and wrote, Historia de la Sucedido, etc. (Valencia, 1536): Espejo de la Vida Humana (Granada, 1587, 8vo): Anti-Alcoran (Salamanca, 1595). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. … Continue reading “Chinchon, Bernardo Perez De”
China, The Church in
China, The Church in Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to the Apostle of India, St. Thomas, but also to St. Bartholomew. In the third century, Arnobius, in “Adversus Gentes”, speaks of the Seres, with the Persians and the Medes, as among the nations reached by “that new … Continue reading “China, The Church in”
China, Martyrs in
China, Martyrs in The first Christian martyrs in China appear to have been the missionaries of Ili Bâliq in Central Asia, Khan-Bâlig (Peking), and Zaitun (Fu-kien), in the middle of the fourteenth century. Islam had been introduced into Central Asia, and in China, the native dynasty of Ming, replacing the Mongol dynasty of Yuan, had … Continue reading “China, Martyrs in”
China, History of
China, History of The question of the origin of the Chinese has been discussed by several foreign savants: J. Edkins (China’s Place in Philology) seeks in Armenia or Mesopotamia a common origin of European and Asiatic languages. Gust. Schlegel (Sinico-Aryaca) made a comparison between the primitive roots of the Chinese and Aryan languages; the theory … Continue reading “China, History of”
China (idol)
China (idol) is an idol of the people of Casamanae, on the coast of North Guinea, Africa. In honor of this deity they assemble yearly, about the close of November, at midnight, previous to sowing their rice, take up the idol with great reverence, and go in procession to the appointed station where. sacrifice is … Continue reading “China (idol)”
China
China The Chinese Empire, the largest political division of Eastern Asia, extends from 18°10′ to 53°45′ N. lat., and from 73°47′ to 134°25′ E. long. It includes China proper or the Eighteen Provinces (Shi-pa-sheng), theoretically a subject territory of Manchuria, the cradle of the present dynasty, and the dependencies: Mongolia, Ili (or Sin-kiang), and Tibet. … Continue reading “China”
Chin tan
Chin tan Medicine of immortality. (Taoist alchemy, especially Pao-p’o Tzu, c 268-c 334.) See Wai tan. — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Chin, John
Chin, John an English Baptist minister, was born at Hinton, near Blandford, Dorsetshire, in May 1773. He was baptized in London, and united with the Church in Church Street, Blackfriars Road. He was ordained December 29, 1807, as pastor of the newly formed Church in Lion Street, Walworth, where he remained about twenty-six years, until … Continue reading “Chin, John”
Chin hsin
Chin hsin Exerting one’s mind to the utmost; complete development of one’s mental constitution, by which one knows his nature and thereby Heaven. (Mencius, Wang Yang-ming, 1473-1529, and Tai Tung-yuan, 1723-1777.) — W.T.C Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Chin
Ch’in Personal experience, or knowledge obtained through the contact of one’s knowing faculty and the object to be known. (Neo-Mohists.) Parents. Kinship, as distinguished from the more remote relatives and strangers, such distinction being upheld by Confucians as essential to the social structure but severely attacked by the Mohists and Legalists as untenable in the … Continue reading “Chin”