| 单词 | son of heaven |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSon of Heaven g. Son of Heaven (also †Heaven's Son): the Emperor of China. Now historical. [Ultimately after Chinese tiānzǐ (already in Old Chinese; compare tiān sky, heaven (see tian n.1) and zǐ child, son), initially via other European languages.] ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China Cathayan?1520 Chinean1577 Son of Heaven1579 Chino1588 chinois1594 Chinese1606 Chinesianc1615 Chinaman1621 China1638 Chinist1654 Chinensian1655 pigtail1823 celestial1842 Johnny1844 coolie1849 John1853 Chinky1871 chow1872 Chink1880 monk1903 Pong1910 power point1986 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > other emperors the Great (also Grand) Mogul1577 Son of Heaven1579 Inca1594 padishah1612 Pret1635 miramamolin1655 1579 J. Frampton tr. B. de Escalante Disc. Nauigation f. 33 You may vnderstande the veneration that they [sc. the Chinese] giue to their prince. And they giue him title of the Lorde of the worlde, and the Sonne of heauen [Sp. hijo del Cielo]. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage IV. xvi. 369 The Kings Title is, Lord of the world, and Sonne of Heaven. 1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China i. xxii. 109 They call him also Thien Zu, which is to say, Sonne of Heaven [It. figliuolo del Cielo]; not because they believe him to be such, but because they hold, that Empire is a gift of heaven. 1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new Dublin ed.) I. vii. 30 The emperor is stil'd holy son of heaven, sole governor of the earth, great father of his people, &c. 1838 K. Gützlaff & A. Reed China Opened II. xxvii. 541 To gain such honours as the Mongol princes pay to Heaven's Son, requires a well-stored treasury. 1850 North-China Herald 9 Nov. 58/4 One of the common appellations of the Emperors of China has been and still is T'ien Tsze, ‘the Son of Heaven!’ 1923 S. Merwin Silk (1924) 136 It is now my privilege to serve him who is in all but official style the Son of Heaven. 1973 J. Leasor Mandarin Gold i. 1 The Emperor, Tao Kuang, the Son of Heaven, who ruled his celestial empire from..Peking. 2014 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Oct. 8/3 Such ambassadors were allowed to come to Beijing.., proffer their ritual gifts to the Son of Heaven as ‘tribute’, and then quickly leave. < as lemmas |
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