Han-tan

English thumb|Map including HAN-TAN (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 邯鄲 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Han²-tan¹.Handan, Wade-Giles romanization Han-tan, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Handan. en 1912 w:Lionel Giles Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzŭ https://archive.org/details/taoistteachings00liehuoft_201802/ London John Murray (publishing house) John Murray 1184160266 118 https://archive.org/details/taoistteachings00liehuoft_201802/page/n121/ The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons. en 1940 w:Derk Bodde Statesman, Patriot, and General in Ancient China https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53244/ American Oriental Series 17 New Haven, Conn. w:American Oriental Society 213520202 16 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53244/page/n32/ Now we know from the biography that Tzŭ-chʻu's wife had formerly been an ordinary courtesan (chi zh 姬) of Han-tan, who had been selected by Lü Pu-wei to be his concubine because she "was extremely beautiful and an excellent dancer." en 1965 w:Cho-yun Hsu Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 b.c. https://archive.org/details/ancientchinaintr0000hsuc/ w:Stanford University Press 65-13110 313731364 45 https://archive.org/details/ancientchinaintr0000hsuc/page/45 Lu Pu-wei was a prosperous businessman in the large city of Han-tan in Chao, where he met a prince of Ch’in who was being kept as hostage in the capital. en 1981 Arthur Cotterell The First Emperor of China https://archive.org/details/firstemperorofch00cott/ w:Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-059889-3 81-4347 798932870 9 https://archive.org/details/firstemperorofch00cott/page/9/ Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the son of King Chuang-hsiang, was born in about 258 bc in Han-tan, the capital of the state of Chao. en Translations Handan References Further reading en 1979 Han-tan or Han·tan The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 308 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/308/ 1 Anagrams en aahnnt Nathan tannah thanna