Ch'ang-an

Chang'an Cháng'ān English Etymology From en cmn ^長安, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chʻang²-an¹.Chang'an, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ang-an, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Chang'an. en 1885 January-February E. H. Parker Asia Reconstructed from Chinese Sources. w:Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal https://archive.org/details/chineserecorder16lodwuoft/ XVI 1 Shanghai American Presbyterian Mission Press 14697053 38 https://archive.org/details/chineserecorder16lodwuoft/page/38/ 52. Chang Kʽien said to the Emperor, on his return from his mission to Bactria, [zh 月氐]:—"Ta-üen is distant from Han, [? the capital Chʽang-an], about 10,000 li: their habits there are settled: they till the ground, and cultivate rice and wheat : they have grape-wine, and many excellent horses. en 1967 w:Edward H. Schafer The Vermilion Bird https://archive.org/details/vermilionbirdtan00scha/ w:University of California Press 67-10463 802763855 5533953M 24 https://archive.org/details/vermilionbirdtan00scha/page/24/ This rather leisurely journey, consuming almost six months, should be contrasted with Liu Tsung-yüan's trip into exile in 815- it took him a little more than three months to reach Liu-chou in Lingnan from Ch’ang-an. en https://archive.org/details/randomnotesonred0000snow/ 1968 Random Notes on Red China 1936-1945 w:Edgar Snow 2nd printing 7 If our spirit is high in Ch'ang-an (Sian), then Chiang will send the Young Marshal back to us. en 1978 Hsia Chih-yen Liang-lao Dee The Coldest Winter in Peking https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterinp00xiaz/ w:Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Co. 0-385-13402-9 77-26522 1067816302 4556383M 218 https://archive.org/details/coldestwinterinp00xiaz/page/218/ They calmly kept watch. On the mountain path that wound around from the distant hills to the right, there was no movement. The pass was as flat as Ch'ang-an Avenue in Peking. en 1979 w:Kuo-ch'ing Tu William Schultz Li Ho https://archive.org/details/liho0537dugu/ w:Twayne Publishers 0-8057-6379-1 78-31946 474970896 4738780M 59 https://archive.org/details/liho0537dugu/page/59/ After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province. en https://archive.org/details/deceptionnovelof00elea/ 1993 Eleanor Cooney; Daniel Altieri Deception New York w:Avon Books 0-380-70872-8 91-47985 39482761 7432612M 109 https://archive.org/details/deceptionnovelof00elea/page/109/ As a youth, he had had an uncle, a much younger half brother of his mother, who occasionally took him on exploratory adventures in their home city of Ch'ang-an. en April 13, 2003 w:New York Board of Regents Pop Quiz; Third Rock From the Sun w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090414083113/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/education/pop-quiz-third-rock-from-the-sun.html 0362-4331 1645522 EDUCATION 3. One reason for the growth and success of ninth-century cities like Baghdad, Constantinople and Ch'ang-an (Xian) was that they . . .a. were part of the Roman Empireb. tolerated religious diversityc. traded only with people from their immediate regiond. were located on major trade routes en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787696023/ 2008 William Watson (sinologist) William Watson Wang Wei Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Jelena Krstovic w:Gale Cengage Learning 100 978-0-7876-9602-3 955125270 286 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787696023/page/286/ Of more importance are Wang Wei's descriptions of landscapes, particularly those at his country home at Lan-t'ien southeast of Ch'ang-an. en 2016 Bill Porter The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan https://archive.org/details/silkroadtakingbu0000port/ Counterpoint (publisher) Counterpoint 978-1-61902-710-7 939390574 171–172 https://archive.org/details/silkroadtakingbu0000port/page/172/ After defeating the King of Kucha, Lu Kuang did as ordered and headed back to Ch’ang-an with his prize. en 2016 David Hawkes Sad Memories A Little Primer of Tu Fu https://books.google.com/books?id=wM89EAAAQBAJ Revised 978-9629966591 2015024867 952563504 70 https://books.google.com/books?id=wM89EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 You would not normally leave Ch’ang-an by the Gate of Golden Light if you were going to Hua-chou, since Hua-chou was east of the city. en March 10, 2023 Robert Bourbon The Journey to the West: Familiarity in Foreign Lands https://web.archive.org/web/20230310213645/https://reedquest.org/2023/03/10/the-journey-to-the-west-familiarity-in-foreign-lands/ 10 March 2023 w:Reed College Quest The titular journey is fraught with conflict; every mountain houses an army of demons seeking to eat Tripitaka, each river’s guardian bars the path, every king either persecutes Buddhists or has a daughter who lusts after the volcel monk. Almost immediately after departing Ch’ang-an, the pilgrim’s human attendants are eaten by ogres. The wild — along with foreign nations, for that matter — is a threat, with evil immortals lurking in every corner. en Translations Chang'an References Further reading Ch'ang-an, Chang'an, Changan en 1952 Changan or Ch’ang-an Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 369 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/369/ 2