Ch'ien Lung

[ chyen loong ]

noun

1. Kao Tsung, 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.

Ch'ien-lung

/ tʃɪˈænˈlɒŋ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qian Long

Example Sentences

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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