中原

Chinese

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• 中原地区 (Wu)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

中原

1. the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)

   • 若以君之靈，得反晉國，晉楚治兵，遇於中原，其辟君三舍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     若以君之灵，得反晋国，晋楚治兵，遇于中原，其辟君三舍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Ruò yǐ jūn zhī líng, dé fǎn Jìn guó, Jìn Chǔ zhì bīng, yù yú zhōngyuán, qí bì jūn sān shè.

     If by your lordship's powerful influence I shall recover the State of Jin, should Chu and Jin go to war and meet in the plain of the Middle Land, I will withdraw from your lordship three stages .

   • 今南方已定，兵甲已足，當獎率三軍，北定中原。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今南方已定，兵甲已足，当奖率三军，北定中原。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, Zhuge Liang, 出師表

     Jīn nánfāng yǐ dìng, bīngjiǎ yǐ zú, dāng jiǎng shuài sānjūn, běi dìng Zhōngyuán.

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2. China
3. (literary) middle of a plain

   • 中原有菽，庶民采之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhōngyuán yǒu shū, shùmín cǎi zhī.

     In the midst of the plain there is pulse,
     And the common people gather it.

4. (～區) Zhongyuan (a district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China)
5. (～街道) Zhongyuan (a subdistrict of Fancheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

• (the Central Plain): (archaic) 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó), 中土 (Zhōngtǔ), 中州 (Zhōngzhōu)
• (China):

Derived terms

Descendants

Others:

• → English: Central Plain, Zhongyuan
• → Zhuang: Cunghyenz

Japanese

Proper noun

中(なか)原(はら) • (Nakahara) 

1. a surname