In ancient times, the Chinese believe that the sky presides over all living things' destiny. Some natural disasters are considered as sacred messages from the sky. And emperors are the persons who have the power to communicate those message...
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One ancient name of China is Celestial Empire. China is not an empire anymore, but the name still exists in articles, stories, movies, and TV shows. The name is a direct translation of Chinese term Tian Chao (天朝), namely empire of heaven. T...
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the heavenly Jerusalem. --Bunyan. Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appointed by heaven. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]
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onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/celestial+empire
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in diplomacy China is Ta-ts'ing Kwo (the great empire of Ts'ing, the present dynasty) as it was formerly Ta Ming Kwo (the great empire of Ming). In literature it is called T'ien Hia (Under Heaven), Sze Hai [the four (surrounding) seas], Chung Hwa Kwo (the Middle FloweryKingdom);
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The Celestial Empire is one of better future histories I've read. ... Chris Roberson's excellent entry, "O One," is set in a future where Imperial China has become a world power. The current Emperor dreams of space travel and has commissioned a team of mathematicians (called Computators) to wield their abacuses (Abacuses!)
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www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/06/review-chris-robersons-celestial-empire-stories-part-1/
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Celestial Empire. Celestial Empire. Information about Celestial Empire in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Tea plantation near Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, China. This area is well known for the production of high-quality green tea. Tea cultivation in China is...
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/Celestial+Empire
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These general concepts appear here first of all in the Negroid form as objective spirits having for people the character of objects, and at this level are called spectres or — apparitions.
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Glorified as "Earth's Jade Mountain" by the Tang Dynasty poets of the 7th to 10th centuries A.D., China was also called the "Celestial Empire." This latter term originated the patronizing "Celestials," used contemptuously by early Californians to designate the Chinese.
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