Hsien-yang
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 咸陽／咸阳 (Xiányáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-yang².[1]
Proper noun
Hsien-yang
- Alternative form of Xianyang
- 1980, A new look at Treasures of Archaeology, →ISBN, LCCN 80-11240, OCLC 6043093, OL 7629153M, page 52:
- To consolidate his power, he had linked the beautiful capital, Hsien-yang, with the rest of the empire by a superb network of roads.
- 1995, Fang, Linda, The Chʻi-lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, LCCN 94-9909, OCLC 214972990, OL 1086004M, page 54:
- Lin Hsiang-ju immediately said to the king of Ch’in, “If Ta-wang wants fifteen cities from Chao, the king of Chao should also get something in return. What about giving him Hsien-yang as a gift?’ Hsien-yang was the capital of Ch’in.
- 2002, Gardiner, Stephen, The House: its Origins and Evolution, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, →ISBN, LCCN 2002025514, OCLC 49312700, OL 9397204M, pages 99-100:
- So all the knowledge about these times comes from literature and, while it is likely that the magnificence of their capital cities and palaces was exaggerated, it is clear that they were fairly remarkable. But just such a city was Hsien-yang, somewhere in the vicinity of modern Hsien-fu, which was big even by contemporary standards, its population reaching nearly a million, and Ch’i (an important state in Shantung) had a capital city measuring 1.5 by 3 kilometres (0.9 X 1.8 miles).
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Translations
Xianyang — see Xianyang
References
- Xianyang, Wade-Giles romanization Hsien-yang, in Encyclopædia Britannica