Yen-ling
English
Historical map including Yanling (labeled as YEN-LING 鄢陵) and surrounding region (AMS, 1954)
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鄢陵 (Yen¹-ling²).
Proper noun
Yen-ling
- Alternative form of Yanling
- 1964, Han Fei Tzu, Burton Watson, transl., Han Fei Tzu - Basic Writings, Columbia University Press, LCCN 64-13734, OCLC 1013300046, OL 29717262M, page 50:
- Long ago, when King Kung of Ch’u fought with Duke Li of Chin at Yen-ling, the Ch’u army was defeated and King Kung was wounded in the eye.
- 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722-222 B.C., Stanford University Press, LCCN 65-13110, OCLC 460657230, page 19:
- Before joining battle, the officers and warriors gathered to make divinations "before the spirits of the former rulers," as at the battle of Yen-ling between Chin and Ch'u in 575 B.C.
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Anagrams
- leyning