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Ch'ien Lung

[ chyen loong ]

noun

  1. Kao Tsung, 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.


Ch'ien-lung

/ tʃɪˈænˈlɒŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qian Long


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In 1790 the Emperor Chien Lung, dissatisfied with this interpretation, sent a viceroy to examine the rivers.

In the temple where we slept were three inscriptions set up by the Emperor Chien Lung.

Some of them were written by emperors; many, especially, by Chien Lung, the great patron of art in the eighteenth century.

Therefore our civilization is superior to that of China, and Chien Lung is absurd.

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