K'ang Hsi

American  

[kahng shee] / ˈkɑŋ ˈʃi /

Pinyin, Kang Xi

noun

1. Shêng-tsu, 1654?–1722, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1662–1722.

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Example Sentences

The large plate is a fine piece of K'ang Hsi decorated porcelain.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the present dynasty of Manchu Tatars, of whom the same tale must be told, in spite of two highly-cultured emperors, K‘ang Hsi and Ch‘ien Lung, both of them poets and one of them author of a collection containing no fewer than 33,950 pieces, most of which, it must be said, are but four-line stanzas, of no literary value whatever.

From Project Gutenberg

In the modern standard dictionary, published in 1716, under the direction of the Emperor K'ang Hsi, there are only 214 indicators employed, and there is a further sub-arrangement of these groups according to the number of strokes in the other, the phonetic portion of the character.

From Project Gutenberg

A most wonderful literary feat was achieved under the direction of the before-mentioned Emperor K'ang Hsi, when a general Concordance to the phraseology of all literature was compiled and published for general use.

From Project Gutenberg

The Emperor was K'ang Hsi, whose name you have already heard in connection with the standard dictionary of the Chinese language and other works brought out under his patronage.

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