Hsiang-t'an
See also: Hsiangtan
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².[1]
Proper noun
editHsiang-t'an
- 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
editXiangtan — see Xiangtan
References
edit- ^ Xiangtan, Wade-Giles romanization Hsiang-t’an, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
edit- “Hsiang-t’an”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Hsiang-t'an” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.