T'un-hsi

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English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻun²-hsi¹.

Proper noun

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T'un-hsi

  1. Alternative form of Tunxi
    • 1976, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271:
      [] T’un-hsi in Anhwei,⁴² Ch’i-ch’un⁴³ and Chiang-ling⁴⁴ in Hupei, and Kuang-han in Szechwan;⁴⁵ that is, throughout the Yangtze Valley. The glazed pottery from T’un-hsi is so similar to that at Chang-chia-p’o in technique of manufacture and mineral composition that scholars are convinced the Chang-chia-p’o pottery was imported from the south.⁴⁶
    • 1977, William Watson, “Preface to Second Edition”, in Ancient Chinese Bronzes (The Arts of the East)‎[2], 2nd edition, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:
      The lei of Pl. 49b, also excavated in Shensi, comes from the same atelier. A yu from T‘un-hsi in Anhui confirms the Western Chou date of the chih in Pl. 38 (Burlington House Catalogue 1973, no. 97).
    • 1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels[3], Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
      What Loehr called the Middle Western Chou is the probable starting point, that is, during the mid-eleventh century B.C.⁵⁸ when a breakdown in the old order of Phase I can be documented. For instance, a yu found at T'un-hsi, Anhui, (Plate 19) is decorated with intertwining birds both on the belly and lid and exemplifies this conversion.