San-men-hsia

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 三門峽／三门峡 (Sānménxiá) Wade–Giles romanization: San¹-mên²-hsia².

Proper noun

San-men-hsia

1. Alternative form of Sanmenxia
   • [1959, Max Loehr, “Ordos”, in Encyclopedia of World Art‎^[1], volume X, McGraw-Hill, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 777:

     During excavations in the area of San-mên-hsia, near the confluence of the Wei-ho and the Huang-ho, tombs of the ancient state of Kuo were found at Shang-ts‘un-ling; these were datable to the early Eastern Chou period (after 770 B.c.), according to a brief report in K‘ao-ku T‘ung-hsin (no. 11, 1958).]

   • 1980, Helmut Brinker, Eberhard Fischer, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:

     The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century B.C., but certainly predate the year 655 B.C., were unearthed in 1956-1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.

   • 2006, Ch'ien Ssu-ma, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records,‎^[3], volume V.1, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 74:

     Mount Pi-erh (also written 辟耳 on Kuo yü, 6.242) is located about twelve miles north and west of modern San-men-hsia 三門峽 in Shansi (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 1:22).

   • 2009, Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, The Cambridge History of China‎^[4], volume 5, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:

     Near Shan-chou2 (Shensi, modern San-men-hsia), some seventy-five miles west of Lo-yang, K’ang I-ch’eng surrendered with the few troops that remained with him and was later executed with his family.