Ssu-ch'uan

English Etymology From en cmn 四川 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹.Sichuan, Wade-Giles romanization Ssu-ch’uan, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Sichuan. en 1886 E. Colborne Baber Travels and Researches of the Interior of China Royal Geographical Society: Supplementary Papers I https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.25323/ London John Murray 890752554 21 https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.25323/page/21/ A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssŭ-ch’uan In the typical pagoda of the south-eastern provinces the successive stages decrease both in height and diameter; but as the Ssŭ-ch’uan border is passed cases begin to occur in which the fifth or sixth stories are of the same breadth, or as it seems, of even a greater breadth, than the base, on en https://archive.org/details/notesonethnology00rock/ 1895 w:William Woodville Rockhill Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet Washington, D.C. w:Government Printing Office 249244166 694 https://archive.org/details/notesonethnology00rock/page/694/ The silver earrings worn by the women of the Chin-chʻuan, a border district of Ssŭ-chʻuan inhabited by Tibetans, are shown in fig. 2. on en 1897 Alexander Hosie To the White Wax County, the Sacred Mount O-mei, and the Highest Navigable Point on the Yang-tsze. Three Years in Western China https://archive.org/details/threeyearsinwest00hosi/ 2nd London w:George Philip & Son 1152746972 13524128M 165 https://archive.org/details/threeyearsinwest00hosi/page/165/ Great though the quantity of silk produced in the province of Ssŭ-ch’uan is, the output might be quadrupled if some means could be devised for delaying the hatching of the silkworm eggs. on en 1898 May G. J. L. Litton Report of a Journey to North Ssu-ch'uan https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1464/ w:Harrison and Sons 708423424 6 https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1464/page/n7/ It appears that heavy autumn rains following on the break-up of a hot summer are prevalent all over Ssu-ch'uan, except at Sungpan where the climate is the same as North China, heavy summer rains and fine autumn. en 1954 Herold J. Wiens T'u-ssu System Han Chinese Expansion in South China https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/ Shoe String Press 1967 67-16409 473651484 244 https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/page/244/ A third example of the t'u-ssu system as prevalent just before the Communist regime came to power in China is that of the Hsuan-wei-ssu of Wa-ssu or Wa Lamasery in the territory of Wen-ch'uan Hsien (northwest of Ch'eng-tu, Ssu-ch'uan). en 1969 w:Yi-Fu Tuan China https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/ Chicago Aldine Publishing Company 0-395-54798-9 71-86829 100249 21 https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/page/21/ Orographic rain seems significant only when the monsoon current runs into the high plateaux of Yun-nan and Kuei-chou, and into the mountains of Ssu-ch'uan. Thus the famous Omei Shan of Ssu-ch'uan is one of the wettest places in China, and receives on the average about 76 inches a year. en 1980 Charles A. Goodrum Orientalia Treasures of the Library of Congress https://archive.org/details/treasuresoflibra0000good_i3f1/ New York w:Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 0-8109-1661-4 80-14332 6250732 198 https://archive.org/details/treasuresoflibra0000good_i3f1/page/198/ The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of Feng-tu County, Ssu-ch’uan Province, published in 1710. en 1999 w:Daniel L. Overmyer Precious Volumes https://archive.org/details/preciousvolumes00dani/ w:Harvard University Press 0-674-69838-X 99-19188 470161440 259 https://archive.org/details/preciousvolumes00dani/page/259/ At Patriarch's invitation, Taoist "Perfected and Friends of the Way" accompany him to Ssu-ch'uan. Translations Sichuan References