fuchien

Example Sentences

• "During 1864, the rebels, under Li Shih-hsien and others, numbering “scores of myriads,” again invaded Kiangsi, and were joined by the remnants of the rebel forces from Soochow and Changchow. Fuchien and the neighbouring prefectures were completely over run by them, and people feared that the horrors of 1855 were about to be repeated."
• "Such scraps of verse are often written on small pieces, and form perhaps, the sole decoration, as in the case of a little pair of blanc-de-chine winecups from the province of Fuchien, of which Fig. 60 is one."
• "For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient."
• "Painting appears, but is still essentially subordinate, in the decoration of a small tea-bowl, a specimen of the widely popular type with iron-brown glaze, known in Japan as temmoku. The most famous variety was made at Chien-ning, in Fuchien province, and this is consequently known as “Chien” ware, a name often loosely applied to the whole class."
• "When Sun was ejected from Canton, the Kwangsi militarists took control of Kwangtung, but Ch’en and his twenty battalions were safe in Fuchien. In time he built up his force until he controlled some twenty-six hsien in southern Fuchien, with headquarters at Chang-chou."
• "Pi Ting-chun, "commander of Foochow military region," was killed in a helicopter incident[...]Pi Ting-chun, 62, a native of Kingsai, Anhwer Province, had been “deputy commander” of the “Fuchien provincial military district,” “deputy commander” of the “Foochow military region,” and “commander” of the “Lanchow military region.”"