T'ai-an
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Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 泰安 (Tài'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-an¹.
Proper noun
[edit]T'ai-an
- Alternative form of Tai'an
- 1962, Tsuen-hsuin Tsien, Written on Bamboo and Silk: the Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions[1], University of Chicago Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
- A group of inscriptions on three precipices, including an incantation and partial text of the Paramita sutra and the Maha-prajna-paramita sutra, was engraved in A.D. 570 on the Tsu-lai Mountain in T’ai-an.
- 1987, Jennifer Westwood, editor, Mysterious Places[3], Marshall Editions Ltd, published 1998, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18:
- When climbing the 7,000 steps of T'ai Shan, from the town of T'ai-an to the Temple of the Jade Emperor at its peak, the visitor encounters temples, groves of cypress and pine, waterfalls and cascades.
Translations
[edit]Tai'an — see Tai'an