Ming Sentence Examples

By the sound of it, it was one of his favorite, priceless, Ming vases.

Its present name, which signifies the "mild district," and is correctly descriptive of the climate, though not of the inhabitants, was given to it during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

The native dynasty (Ming) which supplanted them established their residence at Nan-king ("South Court"), but this proved so inconvenient that Yunglo, the third sovereign of the dynasty, reoccupied Ta-tu, giving it then, for the first time, the name of Pe-king ("North Court").

In 1644 the Ming succumbed to the attacks of the Manchus, a northern tribe who captured Peking and founded the present imperial house.

The inhabitants are mentioned in the official works of the Yuan dynasty as Tung fan or eastern barbarians; and under the Ming dynasty the island begins to appear as Kilung.

On the expulsion of the Ming dynasty in China, a number of their defeated adherents came over to Formosa, and under a leader called in European accounts Coxinga, succeeded in expelling the Dutch and taking possession of a good part of the island.

Beyond these tracts there are many Kachins in Katha, Ming Mit and the northern Shan States.

It was in the middle of the 18th century that the decorative, but relatively feeble, Chinese art of the later Ming period found favor in Japan and a clever exponent in a painter named Ryurikyo It must be regarded as a sad decadence from the old Chinese ideals, which was further hastened, from about 1765, by the popularity of the southern Chinese style.

The potters of the Middle Kingdom, from the early eras of the Ming dynasty down to the latest years of the 18th century, stood absolutely without rivals as makers of porcelain.

As for his ivory-white, it distinctly surpasses the Chinese Ming Chen-yao in every quality except an indescribable intimacy of glaze and p&e which probably can never be obtained by either Japanese or European methods.

Two faults, however, marred the workfirst, the shapes were clumsy and unpleasing, being copied from bronzes whose solidity justified forms unsuited to thin enamelled vessels; secondly, the colors, sombre and somewhat impure, lacked the glow and mellowness that give decorative superiority to the technically inferior Chinese enamels of the later Ming and early Tsing eras.

This state of things, occurring just as the last rulers of the Ming dynasty of China were struggling against the encroachments of the Manchus, their future successors, favoured the interference of a Khoshot Mongol prince, Tengir To, called in the Tibetan sources king of Koko Nor.

Their work and that of the Roman Church, begun as the result of Marco Polo's travels about 1290, faded away under the persecution of the Ming dynasty which came to power about 1350.

The tablet itself was in October 1907 removed by Chinese officials into the city proper, and placed in the Pei Lin or "forest of tablets," a museum in which are collected tablets of the Han, Tang, Sung, Yuen and Ming dynasties, some of which bear historical legends, notably a set of stone tablets having the thirteen classics inscribed upon them, while others are symbolical or pictorial; among these last is a full-sized likeness of Confucius.

He tendered his homage to the first Ming emperor of China, received from him his investiture as sovereign, and accepted from him the Chinese calendar and chronology, in itself a declaration of fealty.

The " way " of Heaven, the " course " of Heaven, the " lessons " of Heaven, the law or " decree " (ming) of Heaven, are constantly cited as the pattern for the emperor and his subjects.

Wan-li, the emperor of the Ming dynasty, in those days lived in seclusion, and saw no one but his women and the eunuchs.

Armed only with science and sex appeal, Flash is out to thwart the evil Emperor Ming's plans of galactic domination.

In the novice class Wan Ming, driving her first competition, had the best dressage.

First created in the Ming dynasty, its simple design remains the first choice of Chinese tea tasters.

The Chinese sent out embassies all over Asia during the reign of the Ming emperor Yung Lo in the early 1400s.

Discuss the Chinese literati 's preoccupation with exclusivity in connoisseurship during the late Ming, illustrating your argument with writings of the period.

Ming pools, at least one of these will be open during the period mentioned.

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If a campsite has several s wim Ming pools, at least one of these will be open during the period mentioned.

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Taking a Lute to Visit a Friend, a Ming dynasty hanging scroll.

And if you believe that, then I have a Ming vase that's going for a good price.

It is encircled by a wall measuring upwards of a mile in circumference, and is prettily planted with trees, on one of which the last emperor of the Ming dynasty (1644), finding escape from the Manchu invaders impossible, hanged himself.

And if you believe that, then I have a Ming vase that 's going for a good price.

The panda Webkinz' favorite food is bamboo cannelloni, and its pet item is a panda Ming vase fridge.

During the Ming dynasty, from 1368 to 1644 A.D., facial paint took on additional meaning as colors began to be used to represent characteristics such as bravery, honor, strength and loyalty.

Simmons is the mother of two daughters with Russell, named Ming Lee and Aoki Lee.

Available teams include the Pistons, the Lakers and the Knicks, and the site highlights standout players like Yao Ming and Steve Nash.

The Mongol dynasty lasted less than a century, but the Ming, the native Chinese dynasty which succeeded it, reigned for nearly 300 years and despatched expeditions which reached India, Ceylon and East Africa.

It is a golden yellow bronze, called seniokuthis being the Japanese pronunciation of Suen-t, the era of the Ming dynasty of China when this compound was invented.

Chusan was occupied by the Japanese during the Ming dynasty, and served as an important commercial entrepot.