Yün-meng
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See also: Yunmeng
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 雲夢/云梦 (Yúnmèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Yün²-mêng⁴.
Proper noun
[edit]Yün-meng
- Alternative form of Yunmeng
- 1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:
- There are two principal lacustrine areas in South China, one among the hills in the middle Yangtze consisting of the remnants of the ancient Lake Yün-meng, and including such major lakes as Tung-tʻing (Hupei) and Po-yang (Kiangsi); and another situated on the lower Yangtze-Huai plain, which includes such major lakes as Hung-tze and Tʻai.
- 1979, The Journal of Asian Studies[2], volume 38, numbers 3-4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 472:
- Another major discovery of Ch'in bamboo strips occurred in December 1975 at Yün-meng, Hupei. This burial site was the tomb of a Ch'in local administrator who died in 217 B.C., only four years after unification.
- 1982, Thomas Lawton, “Bronze Vessels, Fittings, and Weapons”, in Chinese Art of the Warring States Period[3], Smithsonian Institution, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 25, column 2:
- A ting with a bronze body and iron legs was found m the important Ch’in dynasty tomb 11 at Shui-hu-tui, Yün-meng Hsien, Hupei Province, in 1975.
Translations
[edit]Yunmeng — see Yunmeng
Further reading
[edit]- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yünmeng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2131, column 3
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