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Ch'ien Lung
[ chyen loong ]
noun
- Kao Tsung, 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
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In 1790 the Emperor Chien Lung, dissatisfied with this interpretation, sent a viceroy to examine the rivers.
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In the temple where we slept were three inscriptions set up by the Emperor Chien Lung.
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Some of them were written by emperors; many, especially, by Chien Lung, the great patron of art in the eighteenth century.
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Therefore our civilization is superior to that of China, and Chien Lung is absurd.
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