 | Edward Clodd - 1898 - 286 Seiten
...statutable offence to pronounce it. Commissioner Yeh, in a conversation with Mr. Wingrove Cooke, said, 'Tien means properly only the " material heaven,'" but it also means Shang-te, " supreme ruler," " God"; for as it is not lawful to use His name lightly, we name Him by His dwelling-place, which is... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1908 - 880 Seiten
...pronounce it ; and the name of the supreme god of the Chinese is equally tabooed. " Tien," they sa\ " means properly only the material heaven, but it also means Shang-Te (supreme ruler, God) ; for, as it is not lawful to use his name lightly, we name him by his residence, which is in... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1881 - 266 Seiten
...offence to pronounce it." The Commissioner Yeh, in a conversation with Mr. Wingrove Cooke, said, " Tien means properly only the material heaven, but it also means Shang-Te (supreme ruler, God); for, as it is not lawful to use his name lightly, we name him by his residence, which is in Tien."... | |
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Commissioner Yeh, in a conversation with Mr. Wingrove Cooke, said " Tien means properly only the material heaven, but it also means Shang-te, * supreme ruler,' * God,' for, as it is not lawful to use his name lightly, we name Him by his dwelling-place... 