Hsiang-t'an

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English

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Map including HSIANG-T'AN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

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From Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².[1]

Proper noun

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Hsiang-t'an

  1. Alternative form of Xiangtan
    • 1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China During the Years 1784-1785[1], St. Bonaventure, New York: Franciscan Institute, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
      There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts’ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t’an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t’an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them.
    • 1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry[2], Seattle: University of Washington Press, page 42:
      In the city of Hsiang-t'an, before the Ch'ien-lung period (1736-1795), there were numerous mansions of gentry members who had been officeholders.
    • 1979, Terence P. Labrecque, The ‘Operational Code' Belief System of Hua Guofeng; Chairman of the Communist Party and Premier of the State Council, Peoples[sic – meaning People's] Republic of China[3], Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, page 17:
      In July, 1951, Hua was transferred to Hsiang-t'an as county Party secretary. Although technicially not a promotion, this new assignment afforded Hua greater opportunities, because Hsiang-t'an county was larger, encompassed a large municipality for greater exposure and, most importantly, included Shao-shan, Mao's home town. During this one year assignment, Hua concentrated on organizing and implementing mutual aid teams (MATs) and monitoring the counties' efforts in the Anti-Locust Campaign.
    • 1986, Parks M. Coble, Jr., The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937[4], 2nd edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 236:
      The most ambitious undertaking of the commission was the effort to establish a heavy-industry zone at Changsha and Hsiang-t'an in Hunan province.

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Xiangtan, Wade-Giles romanization Hsiang-t’an, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading

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