Hsien

When the day shall come for its history to be told, the historian will have little to say of Lu-fêng-hsien, that is -- if he is a decent sort of fellow. ❋ Edwin John Dingle (1926)

Each fu is subdivided into ten districts under a district magistrate or Chih-hsien, the capital, or county seat as we should call it, having the termination "hsien" or "hien" as for example Wei-hsien. ❋ Unknown (1904)

The mostly Cantonese recipes are simple, authentic and easy to follow, but what makes "How to Cook and Eat in Chinese" especially interesting is its discussion of Chinese culinary terms — snacks, for instance, are called tien-hsien , meaning "dot hearts," or something to touch the heart, now transliterated as dim sum. ❋ Jason Epstein (2011)

K'o hsueh kuai jen (Hsiang-kang: Huang kuan ch'u pan she (Hsiang-kang) yu hsien kung ssu, 1995). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hou Hsiao-hsien I hadn't really thought of in relation to the others, and I'm least familiar with his work, having only seen Flight of the Red Balloon and The Puppetmaster. ❋ Unknown (2009)

See the new film by Hou Hsiao-hsien, the world-renowned Taiwanese auteur of demanding minimalist dramas? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Many expected to see Hou Hsiao-hsien's Red Balloon lined up in the Competition at Cannes; instead, it will open Un Certain Regard on May 17. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Daniel Kasman: "One of the unexpected - and most welcome - things about Syndromes and a Century and Weerasethakul's films in general is that while maintaining a familial resemblance to the monumental master-shot style made famous by Hou Hsiou-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, Weerasethakul's work carries a serene air of gentleness, off-handedness, openness, and a complete lack of pretension - traits that strongly humanize and personalize his work." ❋ Unknown (2007)

When I started making movies, the preoccupations of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang affected me, resonated with my own. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"In recognition of 21st-century reality, I might say that the best new film I saw in 2006 was Hou Hsiao-hsien's Caf� Lumi�re, the Taiwanese director's centenary tribute to the inimitable Japanese master, Yasujiro Ozu, albeit in his own, no less distinctive style," writes the San Diego Reader's Duncan Shepherd. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Loosely inspired by Albert Lamorisse's 1956 classic The Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-hsien's French-language debut gracefully extends his recent thematic concerns - specifically, with the hectic pace and isolated nature of urban life - and relocates them to contempo Paris," writes Variety's Justin Chang. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Fundamentals of the Chinese Communist Party (The China book project) by Tang ti chi chu chih shih pien hsien tsu ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ryan Wu's found a machinima reenactment of the first part of Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Those detained include a former senior official in Chen's office, the former interior minister Yu Cheng-hsien, former deputy prime minister Chiou I-jen, the former deputy environment minister Dr. James Lee, two DPP municipal officials and a county magistrate. ❋ Michael Turton (2008)

Jonathan Rosenbaum introduces his list, topped by: "Two masterpieces by Hou Hsiao-hsien, both profound meditations on the past and present: Caf� Lumi�re and Three Times." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Ho has never attempted to disguise the influence of Hou Hsiao-hsien - here, he even works with Hou's regular editor, Liao Ching-song - but the uninflected observation and musical sense of time and space go far beyond homage this time. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiao-hsien Hou took inspiration for this lovely, leisurely evocation of daily life in contemporary Paris from "The Red Balloon," Albert Lamorisse's children's classic that was released in 1956, yet never made it to videotape and is only now coming to DVD (as noted at the end of this column) in its full glory. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The idea was first initiated by the incumbent chairman of the society, Hung Wen-tung (洪文棟), a former legislator, after Hung's visit to a panda house in a Japan zoo, according to Li Te-hsien (李德嫻), secretary-general of the society. ❋ Michael Turton (2008)

What is found in flipping through the pages are recipes for an array of red-cooked dishes, steamed minced meat dishes, quite possibly the first recipes for dim sum (transliterated as tien hsien) specialties published in English, and vegetable dishes that utilize both Chinese and traditional American vegetables. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I don't think you should hsien-ko your [knife] collection. You'll get caught and [arrested] by [the police]. ❋ Hand Hanzo (2005)

that is [one hell of a] lee hsien loong. The oil price is US$[150] a [barrel] and he is now increasing road taxes. ❋ Lovableidiot (2008)

[Look] how [lee hsien loong] he is ❋ Timothy Bitch Ass Nigga (2020)

A: Woah did you see [Shih-Hsien] [run that] race? B: Yes! He was so fast, nobody could [catch] him! ❋ Kooleoman (2018)