A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1886
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Credit: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and for many years, until tlie death of the latter, the two ladies ruled China together. EMPEEOES OF THE PRESENT DYNASTY, KNOWN AS THE TA T8INQ (q.v.) or “GREAT PURE.” Style of reign. Accession. Reigned. Chinese. Shun Chih 1644 A.D. 18 years K'ang Hsi or Kang Hi Yung Cheng Ch'ien Lung or Kien Lung Chia Ch'ing or Kia King Tao Kuang Hsien Feng or Hien Fung T'ung Chih Kuang Hsii ENAMEL: ^ ^ or Jj|J The English name for that kind of Chinese ornamental ware which is produced by fixing colours on a copper basis by the application of heat. French, cloisonne (q.v.). The Chinese term fa-lang is unquestionably a corruption of Franh, through Eeringhi* the name under which the early Portuguese traders were known to the Chinese. * [Now applied contemptuously to the Portuguese by the natives of Calcutta.]
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