Yün-meng

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English

Map including Yün-meng (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 雲夢云梦 (Yúnmèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Yün²-mêng⁴.

Proper noun

Yün-meng

  1. Alternative form of Yunmeng
    • 1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:
      There are two principal lacustrine areas in South China, one among the hills in the middle Yangtze consisting of the remnants of the ancient Lake Yün-meng, and including such major lakes as Tung-tʻing (Hupei) and Po-yang (Kiangsi); and another situated on the lower Yangtze-Huai plain, which includes such major lakes as Hung-tze and Tʻai.
    • 1979, The Journal of Asian Studies, volume 38, numbers 3-4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 472:
      Another major discovery of Ch'in bamboo strips occurred in December 1975 at Yün-meng, Hupei. This burial site was the tomb of a Ch'in local administrator who died in 217 B.C., only four years after unification.
    • 1982, Thomas Lawton, “Bronze Vessels, Fittings, and Weapons”, in Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Smithsonian Institution, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 25, column 2:
      A ting with a bronze body and iron legs was found m the important Ch’in dynasty tomb 11 at Shui-hu-tui, Yün-meng Hsien, Hupei Province, in 1975.

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