Citations:Xian

English citations of Xian and xian

Christian

• 1993, Mary Moody Emerson, edited by Nancy Craig Simmons, The Selected Letters of Mary Moody Emerson, Athens: University of Georgia Press, page 242:

  But what an epoch in the xian world—what a time for a xian Orator to make a deep & eternal impression on socity^[sic].

• 1999 July 20, Stan, “Re: You can tell a real Xian just by looking at them”, in alt.religion.christian.biblestudy‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <3794986A.2BD1F9A4@earthlink.net>:

  In business the consensus is if you meet a business-man who volunteers in the first few minutes that he's a xian or born again, you should run like hell. Because he'll stab you in the back as soon as he gets a chance.

• 2000 October 31, “xian bookstore”, in Jonathan Rundman (music), Sound Theology‎^[2]:

  at the xian bookstore / there is product to be sold / so over there in China / there's some little 8-year-old / working in a factory and rarely going home / she's assembling plastic pencil cases / with the words to that "Footprints" poem

• 2012 May 31, John Chypre, B'ak'tun's Coming, Bedlam Books, →ISBN, →OL:

  Paul's letter to the Philippians is concerned with a problem that the early Xians faced: pressure, pressure.

• 2018, Stephen R. Duncan, “Subterranean Aviators”, in The Rebel Café, John Hopkins University press, page 69:

  This eloquence and fortitude brought Rexroth ... [to declare] his love for Duncan, who had "lived thru^[sic], past & beyond Jewish Xian [Christian] guilt."

• 2016, William A. Zingrone, “Evangelizing and Moralizing”, in The Arrogance of Religious Thought, Lulu Publishing Services, page 68:

  Just as the openly Evangelical Xian quarterback Tim Tebow,

Christian who does not follow Christ in deed

• 2007 September 1, J. A. Tamel, Reluctant Horses, Broken Bridges, Magic Feathers, and a Tossed Salad: A Post-Mod's Struggles With Religion, Xulon Press, →ISBN, →OL, ch. 5, page 93:

  If we want to move past being Xians we will need to take the advice of one of my favorite speakers and, "awaken the apostolic ethos, allowing the heart of God to pulsate through the church of Jesus Christ".

• 2008 March 25, Robert S. McElvaine, Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America, 1st edition, Crown, →ISBN, →OL, page 11:

  What this book calls for is putting Christ back into Christianity by reversing the anti-Jesus policies of the Lite Christians who have X-ed out Jesus and can accurately be labeled "Xians."

relating to variable X

• 1994 October 5, A. W. Sparkes, Talking Politics: A Wordbook, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 97:

  More generally an Xian chauvinist is an X who believes uncritically and bigotedly that Xs are superior to all non-Xs.

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• 1972, Theodore Shabad, “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎^[3], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 362:

  Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Sian (Hsi-an, Xian), Shensi Province

• 1990, Ronald Reagan, An American Life‎^[4], Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 371:

  Next came several more days of sightseeing that included a few opportunities to observe the changes going on in China, as well as a fascinating look into its past. We flew to Xian, the ancient capital of China, then drove almost ninety minutes to the tomb of China's first emperor and the site where archaeologists had unearthed hundreds of life-size terra-cotta figures of soldiers standing in ranks, complete with horses and chariots, to guard the tomb. "They know there are more than 7,000 [terra-cotta soldiers] that haven't been uncovered yet," I wrote that evening in my diary: "It is an unforgettable experience. This—plus the drive past villages surrounded by endless wheat fields dotted here and there with burial mounds and relics of China's ancient past—made for a day we'll long remember."

• 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎^[5], Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:

  The Lao River lies to the south-west of Xian within Zhouzhi and Huxian Counties. It too has its source in the Qinling Mountains; it flows north, emptying into the Wei. Like the Yu it has frequently changed course. The Hao, also called Haoshui, originally flowed past the west of Xian, but its source dried up after the Tang dynasty and it gradually disappeared.

• 2003, Berthold Laufer‎^[6], page 120:

  He finally left for Tibet on January 28, 1909. He reached Taiyuan in Shanxi province on January 30, Xian in Shaanxi province on April 12. He acquired a good many more Chinese objects during his three-week stays in Xian and Chengdu: 1,759 pieces from the former and seven cases of specimens from the latter.

• 2010, John James Kennedy, “Rural China: Reform and Resistance”, in William A. Joseph, editor, Politics in China: An Introduction‎^[7], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:

  According to the 2000 Census for Shaanxi province, Hu county near the provincial capital of Xian municipality has over 250,000 residents, while the geographically larger, but more remote Ganquan county has only 30,000.

• 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[8], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 28:

  Located approximately 800 meters from the Ch'an River, which has now shifted from one side of the village to the other, and in the immediate vicinity of the strategically critical city Hsi-an (Xian), Pan-p'o stands about 9 meters above the nearby river plain.

• 2014, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, My Fight for a New Taiwan‎^[9], University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 266:

  Lien Chan had a PhD from the University of Chicago and was the heir to a vast family fortune. Born in Xian, China, in the 1940s, he never developed a feel for Taiwan’s common people.

• 2018 February 23, Lucas Peterson, “Xian Offers Terracotta Warriors, Stunning Food and Plenty of Bargains”, in New York Times‎^[10], archived from the original on 23 February 2018:

  But Xian, the north-central Chinese city whose name means “western peace,” is much more than its collection of warriors. It’s one of the oldest cities in China: It has seen the likes of Marco Polo during his Silk Road journey, and been home to Buddhist sutras brought from India by Xuanzang, a monk whose journey inspired one of the greatest works of Chinese literature, “Journey to the West.” Xian was also one of the first Chinese cities introduced to Islam, and its Muslim Quarter, located in the city center, is now one of the city’s most thriving tourist areas.

• 2018 June 21, “North Korean airline plans new route to China's Xian”, in France 24‎^[11], archived from the original on 21 June 2018:

  North Korea's national airline Air Koryo plans to open a new route linking Pyongyang and Xian in China, a staff member said Thursday, in the latest sign of the nuclear-armed state's possible emergence from isolation. […]
  With the launch of the new route, Xian is set to become the fifth Chinese city with a direct flight to Pyongyang after Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai and Chengdu, according to the newspaper.

• 2019 June 20, Yawen Chen, Ryan Woo, “China's top performing property market in May tightens purchase rules”, in Reuters‎^[12], archived from the original on 21 June 2019, Asia:

  The Xian housing bureau also expanded existing curbs to include one more district, Lintong. It said the new purchase rules take effect immediately.

• 2021 December 27, “China's local Covid-19 case count driven to 21-month high by Xian outbreak”, in Radio New Zealand‎^[13], archived from the original on 27 December 2021:

  China reported its highest daily rise in local Covid-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China's latest pandemic hot spot.

• 2022 March 2, Jane Cai, “Coronavirus lockdown: what can Hong Kong learn from China’s cities?”, in South China Morning Post‎^[14], archived from the original on 2 March 2022:

  Since then, China’s emphasis on big government has only grown, with the authorities pooling resources and coordinating efforts to complete key undertakings.
  However, the confidence in the capacity of government was challenged during winter by the dysfunction of Xian, the capital city of Shaanxi.

• 2022 January 2, Jack Lau, “Covid-19 in China: Xian cases edge down on New Year’s Day after worst week of 2021”, in South China Morning Post‎^[15], archived from the original on 13 January 2022:

  An official from Xian’s Yanliang district said on Sunday that 1,150 tonnes of vegetables have been delivered to about 115,600 households, adding to the 4,100 tonnes of vegetables being delivered to nearly 250,000 families in the urban Xincheng district.

• 2022 March 21, “Chinese Boeing jet crashes in mountains with 132 on board, no sign of survivors”, in Reuters‎^[16], archived from the original on 21 March 2022:

  In 1994 a China Northwest Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 flying from Xian to Guangzhou crashed, killing all 160 on board in China's worst-ever air disaster, according to Aviation Safety Network.