Hsi-ling

English Etymology From en cmn 西陵 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsi¹-ling². Proper noun 1 1 en Xiling. en 1988 Lyman P. Van Slyke Yangtze: Nature History and the River https://archive.org/details/yangtzenaturehis00vans/ w:Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 0-201-08894-0 88-3378 470719550 33–34 https://archive.org/details/yangtzenaturehis00vans/page/33/ Hsi-ling GorgeHsi-ling, the third and longest of the gorges (almost thirty miles), is impressive enough in its own right but scenically it is overshadowed by its companions. Traditionally it was the most feared of all. While each gorge had its peculiar perils, Hsi-ling was notorious for its shoals and rapids, formed by periodic landslides as the river cut through the shaly and unstable layers of the Huang-ling anticline. Not far into Hsi-ling, one encountered Hsin-t'an, or "New Rapids," which took its name from slides in the sixteenth century that created this hazard. en 2002 145–86 Chʻien Ssu-ma William H. Nienhauser, Jr. William Nienhauser The Grand Scribe's Records https://books.google.com/books?id=x14nnLsLoAEC II w:Indiana University Press 0-253-34022-5 94-18408 475332370 9673852M 35 As Wang Li-ch'i (8.202n.) points out, the place normally called Hsi-ling is located in modern Hupei near Yi-ch'ang zh 宜昌, about 170 miles south of Tan-shui. en 2007 Laurie Burnham Rivers The Extreme Earth https://archive.org/details/rivers0000burn/ w:Chelsea House 978-0-8160-5916-4 2006031302 71800578 11360127M 48 https://archive.org/details/rivers0000burn/page/48/ The river enters the third and final gorge some 25 miles (40 km) downstream, near the city of Hsin Tan (Xintan). Known as the Hsi-ling (Xiling), this gorge is the longest and traditionally the most feared of the Three Gorges. Translations Xiling