Chʻien-tʻang

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See also: Ch'ien-t'ang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 錢塘 / 钱塘 (Qiántáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-tʻang².

Proper noun

Ch‘ien-t‘ang

  1. (orthodox) Alternative form of Qiantang
    • 1898, T. Watters, “The Eighteen Lohan of Chinese Buddhist Temples.”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 330:
      About the year 880 an artist named Kuan Hsiu (貫休) made pictures of the Sixteen Lohan, which were given to a Buddhist monastery near Ch‘ien-t‘ang in the province of Chekiang.
    • 1903, Shiichi Tajima, Masterpieces Selected from the Kôrin School: with Biographical Sketches of the Artists of the School, and some Critical Descriptions, volume I, Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, →OCLC, page :
      Lin Ho-ching, surnamed Pu, a man who lived during the Sung dynasty of China, was born at Ch‘ien-t‘ang of Hang-chau in Ché-kiang province.
    • 1953, China's Management of the American Barbarians: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-1861, with Documents, New York: Octagon Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 712:
      CHIN Ying-lin 金應麟, native of Ch‘ien-t‘ang, Chekiang, was a chin-shih of the Tao-kuang period.