 This spirit of heaven is known in Chinese by the name of Tien, and wherever in other religions we should expect the name of the supreme deity, whether Jupiter or Allah, we find in Chinese the name of Tien or sky. This Tien, according to the Imperial Dictionary...  Comparative philology. From the Edinb. review - Page 43by Comparative philology - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1851 - 696 pages
...though, according to the imperial dictionary of Kanghee, it means ' the Great One, lie that dwells tm high and regulates all ' below,' is also used in a...constantly occurs in the most familiar language. It '* even used in the sense of ' dny.' Kin tien, literally ' new heaven,* means only ' to-day," and ming... | |
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 880 pages
...find in Chinese the name of Tien or sky. Tbis Tien, according to the Imperial Dictionary of Kanghea, means the Great One, he that dwells on high and regulates all below. We see in fact that Tien, originally the name of the sky, has passed in Chinese through nearly all... | |
 | 1870 - 844 pages
...find in Chinese the name of Tien or sky. This Tien, according to the Imperial Dictionary of Kanghee, means the Great One, he that dwells on high and regulates all below. We sec in fact that Tien, originally the name of the sky, has passed in Chinese through nearly all... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - Natural theology - 1873 - 458 pages
...find in Chinese the name of Tien or sky. This Tien, according to the Imperial Dictionary of Kanghee, means the Great One, he that dwells on high and regulates all below. We see in fact that Tien, originally the name of sky, has passed in Chinese through nearly all the... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Mackey - 1912 - 534 pages
...compounded of the two signs for great and one, and which the Imperial Dictionary tells us signifies "The Great One — He that dwells on high, and regulates all below." Drummond (Origines) says that ABAUR was the name of the Supreme Deity among the ancient Chaldeans.... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Mackey - Freemasonry - 1912 - 532 pages
...compounded of the two signs for great and one, and which the Imperial Dictionary tells us signifies "The Great One — He that dwells on high, and regulates all below." Drummond (Origines) says that ABAUR was the name of the Supreme Deity among the ancient Chaldeans.... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1870 - 874 pages
...find in Chinese the name of Tien or sky. This Tien, according to the Imperial Dictionary of Kanghee, means the Great One, he that dwells on high and regulates all below. We see in fact that Tien, originally the name of sky, has passed in Chinese through nearly all the... | |
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