Hsiang-t'an

Hsiangtan English thumb|Map including HSIANG-T'AN (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 湘潭 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².Xiangtan, Wade-Giles romanization Hsiang-t’an, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Xiangtan. en 1948 Bernward H. Willeke Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China During the Years 1784-1785 https://archive.org/details/imperialgovernme0000will/ w:St. Bonaventure, New York Franciscan Institute 2357643 6061160M 31 https://archive.org/details/imperialgovernme0000will/page/31/ There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts’ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t’an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t’an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them. en https://archive.org/details/incomeofchineseg0000chan/ 1962 The Income of the Chinese Gentry Chung-li Chang w:University of Washington Press Seattle 42 https://archive.org/details/incomeofchineseg0000chan/page/42 In the city of Hsiang-t'an, before the Ch'ien-lung period (1736-1795), there were numerous mansions of gentry members who had been officeholders. en https://archive.org/details/operationalcodeb00labr/ 1979 The ‘Operational Code' Belief System of Hua Guofeng; Chairman of the Communist Party and Premier of the State Council, PeoplesPeople's Republic of China Terence P. Labrecque w:Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California 8415523 17 https://archive.org/details/operationalcodeb00labr/page/n36/ In July, 1951, Hua was transferred to Hsiang-t'an as county Party secretary. Although technicially not a promotion, this new assignment afforded Hua greater opportunities, because Hsiang-t'an county was larger, encompassed a large municipality for greater exposure and, most importantly, included Shao-shan, Mao's home town. During this one year assignment, Hua concentrated on organizing and implementing mutual aid teams (MATs) and monitoring the counties' efforts in the Anti-Locust Campaign. en 1986 The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937 https://archive.org/details/shanghaicapitali0000cobl_m3l1/ Parks M. Coble Parks M. Coble, Jr. 2nd w:Harvard University Press 0-674-80536-4 86-13579 246810347 236 https://archive.org/details/shanghaicapitali0000cobl_m3l1/page/236/ The most ambitious undertaking of the commission was the effort to establish a heavy-industry zone at Changsha and Hsiang-t'an in Hunan province. Translations Xiangtan References Further reading Hsiang-t'an Hsiang-t'an