Yuan
[ju'ɑn]
Definition
(noun.) the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
(noun.) the basic unit of money in China.
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Examples
- But naturally enough this suggestion was repulsed by Yuan Chwang. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Khan came out from his tent about thirty paces to meet Yuan Chwang, who, after a courteous greeting, entered the tent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yuan Chwang gives an interesting account of a great Buddhist university at Nalanda, where ruins have quite recently been discovered and excavated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Buddhist writers thought very highly of Tai-tsung because of his reception of Yuan Chwang (645). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The return of Yuan Chwang to Singan, the Chinese capital, was, we gather, a triumph. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the downfall of the Mongolian (Yuan) dynasty (1368), the dwindling opportunity of the Christian missions passed altogether. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At that time there was an imperial edict forbidding foreign travel, so that Yuan Chwang started from Singan like an escaping criminal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The caste system Yuan Chwang found fully established in spite of Buddha, and the Brahmins were now altogether in the ascendant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After 1280 the Chinese annals treat Kublai as a Chinese monarch, the founder of the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have described his reception of the traveller Yuan Chwang. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Mongol dynasty that Kublai Khan had founded in China, the Yuan dynasty, lasted from 1280 until 1368. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, as we have already intimated, Yuan Chwang's account of Indian realities is swamped by his accumulation of legends and pious inventions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The house of Yuan was followed by that of Ming, a strongly nationalist Chinese dynasty, at first very hostile to all foreigners. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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