Lun-t'ai
See also: Luntai
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 輪臺／輪台／轮台 (Lúntái) Wade–Giles romanization: Lun²-tʻai².
Proper noun
Lun-t'ai
- Alternative form of Luntai
- 1963, Waley, Arthur, The Secret History of the Mongols, and Other Pieces, New York: Barnes & Noble, OCLC 444490840, OL 5929620M, page 37:
- Much of his time was spent at Lun-t‘ai (‘Wheel Terrace’), about 100 miles north-west of Turfan:
At Lun-t'ai everything is strange,
For in ancient times this was the land of the Huns.
- 1974, Loewe, Michael, “The Case of Witchcraft in 91 BC”, in Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, →ISBN, OCLC 3091325, page 64:
- Robbers and thieves rose up everywhere and the roads were impassable. For the first time commissioners appointed directly by the Emperor were sent out, clothed in embroidered silk and bearing axes, to exterminate the bandits in the commanderies and the kingdoms, and only then was the danger overcome. For these reasons, in his latter days [Wu ti] abandoned the lands of Lun-t'ai and pro- claimed a decree expressing anguish and sorrow.’
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