In the 18th and 19th centuries Chinese traders brought from China many Mongolian translations of Chinese novels of enchantment and romance, including the San Kuo chih yen-i (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and others.
The Indian syllables ṣa, ṛi, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni are similar, as are the Balinese ding, dong, deng, dung, dang; the ancient five-note Chinese scale kung, shang, chiao, chih, yü; and the Korean tŏng, tung, tang, tong, ting; and rŏ, ru, ra, ro, ri (the two sets being used for different instruments).
The private seals used in China (t'u-chang) and Japan (ingyō), commonly square and reading merely "seal of so and so" (XX chih yin), served as a confirmation of signature or a sign to be verified but have not the legal status of a signature.
Longevity in plant arrangements was symbolized by pine, bamboo, and the long-lasting ling chih fungus.
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) a k a ling chih or lingzhi, or varnished conk, is considered a rare medicinal mushroom, though if you've seen recent reports of the fungus — from the local 10 o'clock news to City Room — one would think it was appearing everywhere.
In traditional Chinese Medicine, ling chih is considered the "mushroom of immortality" or "herb of spiritual potency" (according to Gary Lincoff's "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms"), and is used as an immunity boost as well as a cancer treatment.
Yuezhi, Wade-Giles romanization Yüeh-chih, also called Indo-Scyth, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 bce to about 450 ce.
Kao-hsiung, Pinyin Gaoxiong, Japanese Takao, special municipality (chih-hsia shih, or zhizia shi) and major international port in southwestern Taiwan.
Huang Ch'un-ming Ch'un-ming-chih lao-mao (1980; The Drowning of an Old Cat) is representative of this nativist school, which in later years gave way to a more nationalistic literature that reflected Taiwan's current political situation.
They are thought to have been of Yüeh-chih stock with a strong admixture of Hephthalites, Śaka, and Tocharian.
John Martin Tchicai (pronounced chih-KYE) was born in Copenhagen on April 28 , 1936 to a Congolese father and a Danish mother.
