Ch'an

¹ American  

[chahn] / tʃɑn /

noun

Chinese.

1. Zen.

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Chan. ² American  

Or Chanc

abbreviation

1. Chancellor.

2. Chancery.

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Example Sentences

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

My grandfather made the Ch'un Ch'iu after he had been in danger in Ch'an and Ts'ai.

From The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 by Legge, James

Again did he communicate with the duke, but as ineffectually, and disgusted at being questioned by him about military tactics, he left and went back to Ch'an.

From The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 by Legge, James

The Master said, 'Of those who were with me in Ch'an and Ts'ai, there are none to be found to enter my door.'

From The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Legge, James