Tongguan

See also: tōngguān, tóngguǎn, and Tóngguān

English

Alternative forms

• T'ung-kuan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潼關／潼关 (Tóngguān).

Proper noun

Tongguan

1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1973, Wu Ching-tzu, “Kuo Tieh-shan encounters tigers in the mountain. A monk from Sweet Dew Temple meets his foe”, in Yang Hsien-yi, Gladys Yang, transl., The Scholars‎^[2], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 419:

     Travelling by day and resting by night, Kuo Tieh-shan came to the province of Shensi. Since Mr Yin was the magistrate of Tungkuan County, Kuo had to go out of his way to call on him.]

   • [1986, “T'ung-kuan”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[3], 15th edition, volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 40, column 1:

     With the transfer after 907 of the capital to the eastern plains. T'ung-kuan lost its major defensive role; it remained an important strategic place, however, and was the site of a guard (wei) under the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). It became T'ung-kuan County under the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1911).]

   • 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎^[4], Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38:

     Tong Pass, the eastern gate of the land within the passes, was already established by the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, and its ruins now lie near Wucun Village in Tongguan County.

   • 2017 October 26, “BRIEF-China Mining Resources ‍says unit to acquire gold mine for HK$406 mln”, in Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-07-13, CONSUMER PRODUCTS & RETAIL NEWS‎^[6]:

     * Unit to acquire gold mine in Tongguan county of Shaanxi province for HK$406 million

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潼關／潼关 (zh) (Tóngguān)

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