Yun-lin

See also: Yunlin

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 雲林／云林 (Yúnlín) Wade–Giles romanization: Yün²-lin².

Proper noun

Yun-lin

1. Alternative form of Yunlin
   • 1893 June 5, “Formosa Camphor Trade”, in Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter‎^[1], volume XLIII, number 23, New York, page 14:

     In Yun-lin, lying to the east of Chaughwa^{[sic – meaning Changhwa]}, there are one or two Chinese hongs engaged in the camphor business. These hongs give employment altogether to six camphor distilleries, the only ones at present in the place. Foreign merchants are anxious to start a business in Yun-lin, but are prevented by the action of the so-called Camphor Office, the official in charge asserting that under the camphor regulations of 1869 foreign merchants or their Chinese employes are allowed to purchase camphor up country, but that no provision is made for their employing natives to distil camphor; that, in consequence, unless they can purchase camphor from the distilleries already at work they cannot be permitted to engage in the business, as to hire labor for the distilling of camphor is contrary to the regulations since made by the governor of the island.

   • 1896 August 8, “Formosa”, in The Japan Weekly Mail‎^[2], volume XXVI, number 6, Yokohama, page 144:

     August 3
     Detailed accounts thus far received of the operations undertaken for the suppression of the rebels in Formosa extend only to July 10th, and were published in our issue of July 22nd. Later news, by telegraph, placed us in possession of the main facts down to July 20th, by which date the insurrection was virtually suppressed, Yun-lin (or Hoon-nim) having been recovered and the insurgents driven back to their mountain fastnesses, whence their final dislodgement and extermination remained to be accomplished.

   • 1997, Shui-yan Tang, Ching-ping Tang, Asian Survey‎^[3], volume 37, University of California Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 291:

     But the Group received a very different reception in 1991 when it proposed the plant to Yun-lin County. […]
     Several favorable factors were at work in Yun-lin.

   • 2003, Denny Roy, Taiwan: A Political History‎^[4], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 35:

     The Japanese styled the guerrillas as "bandits." Some were indeed outlaws, but this group was comprised of Taiwanese from many walks of life, from prominent citizens to drifters. By one count there were ninety-four partisan attacks against the Japanese from late 1892 through 1902. Japanese reprisals were merciless; some six thousand Taiwanese died in the Yun-lin Massacre of June 1896. About twice as many "bandits" were killed during this guerrilla war (twelve thousand) as during the five- month Japanese campaign to secure their takeover of the island.

Translations

Yunlin — see Yunlin