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The search for manuscripts in India led pilgrims like Fa-hian and Sung-yun
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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He was a contemporary of the great traveller, Fa-hian, who went from _Kh_ang-an to
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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China, (73) there is an almost unbroken succession of importers and translators of Buddhist, in some cases of Brahmanic texts also, till we come to the two famous expeditions, the one undertaken by Fa-hian in
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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One of the most remarkable books in any language is a Chinese Encyclopædia which under the title of _Wen-hian-thoung-khao_, or "_Researches into ancient Monuments_," contains a history of every art and science form the commencement of the empire to the era of the author MA-TOUAN-LIN, who wrote in the thirteenth century.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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According to that of our saviour, man is not made for the sabbath, but the sabbath for hian, we may likewise say of all other religious acts and exercises: They are calculated solely for the benefit of mankind, and cease to be good and well-pleasing to God, whenever they prevent us from doing something whereby our own happiness or that of other men may be promoted.
Sermons on Prevalent Errors, and Vices and on Various Other Topics Georg Joachim Zollikofer 1812
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Let not my ftay alarm you, friends; I found My father, as I crofs'd the garden, in Conference with fome Moors; I watchM them to The houfe, and fiew to join you; now each hian Take a fword — Tis all I could procure you.
The miscellaneous works of Richard Linnecar, of Wakefield 1789
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Bear with me while I conclude, in the words of a brother traveller, long gone, but not forgotten — Fa-hian — this Personal Narrative of my Journey to Al-Hijaz: “I have been exposed to perils, and I have escaped from them; I have traversed the sea, and have not succumbed under the severest fatigues; and my heart is moved with emotions of gratitude, that I have been permitted to effect the objects I had in view.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807
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From then on, Mudjiono studied potehi puppets and taught himself how to play the instruments used in the performance, such as the toa lo (big drum), the siauw loo (small drum), the hian na (fiddle), the bien siauw (flute) and the chen song (three-stringed guitar).
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From then on, Mudjiono studied potehi puppets and taught himself how to play the instruments used in the performance, such as the toa lo (big drum), the siauw loo (small drum), the hian na (fiddle), the bien siauw (flute) and the chen song (three-stringed guitar).
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