Ch'an
noun
Zen.
Ch'an
1 American
[chahn]
/ tʃɑn /
noun
Chinese.
Chan.
2
American
Or
Chanc
abbreviation
-
Chancellor.
-
Chancery.
Example Sentences
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Believing with Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism, that inspiration comes in a flash and cannot be long sustained, the Ch'an painter worked in monochrome "as if a whirlwind possessed his hand."
From Time Magazine Archive
But as she becomes more deeply involved in the lives of war refugees, the calm, breadth and mercy of Ch'an Buddhism more and more profoundly draw and disturb her.
From Time Magazine Archive
The minister of crime of Ch'an asked whether the duke Chao knew propriety, and Confucius said, 'He knew propriety.'
From The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Legge, James
Tsze-chang proceeded, 'When the officer Ch'ui killed the prince of Ch'i, Ch'an Wan, though he was the owner of forty horses, abandoned them and left the country.
From The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Legge, James
Kung-sun Ch'an of Wei inquired of Tsz-kung how Confucius acquired his learning.
From Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Davis, John Francis, Sir
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