Tongguan
See also: tōngguān, tóngguǎn, and Tóngguān
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) T'ung-kuan
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 潼關／潼关 (Tóngguān).
Proper noun
Tongguan
- A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
- [1986, “T'ung-kuan”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 12, 15th edition, →ISBN, LCCN 85-80367, 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, Susan Whitfield, transl., The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, LCCN 88-51496, OCLC 428519978, OL 7642783M, 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.
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Translations
county
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References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, pages 476, 486: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] T'ung-kuan (Tongguan) 潼關”