Teng-feng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 登封 (Dēngfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Têng¹-fêng¹.

Proper noun

Teng-feng

1. Alternative form of Dengfeng
   • [1911, Berthold Laufer, Chinese Grave-Sculptures of the Han Period‎^[1], →OCLC, page 2:

     It is due to the efforts of CHAVANNES that the illustrations of the pillars belonging to the sepulchre of Wu are now made accessible, in his monumental work "Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale" (two volumes, Paris, 1909); he has discovered further three other pairs of similar pillars in the district of Têng-fêng in Honan Province, dated A.D. 118, 123, and the third probably 123, respectively.]

   • [1919, John C. Ferguson, Outlines of Chinese Art‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 87:

     There are also five stones on the famous Sung Mountain in Têng-fêng, Ho-nan province, which I have had no opportunity to examine either by visiting the site or by seeing rubbings.]

   • 1988, Robin D. S. Yates, “Selected Translations”, in Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910)‎^[3], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:

     Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[4], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:

     In contrast, the perceived continuity of cultures from Lungshan to Erh-li-t'ou at Teng-feng and Yu-chou on the upper reaches of the Ying River have caused the area to be proposed as a possible western origination point for Hsia culture.

Translations

Dengfeng — see Dengfeng