Hsi-an

Hsian English thumb|Map including HSI-AN (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 西安, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsi¹-an¹.Xi'an, Wade-Giles romanization Hsi-an, in Encyclopædia Britannica Pronunciation shēʹänʹ Proper noun 1 1 en Xi'an. en 1910 J. O. P. Bland; Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet E. Backhouse China Under the Empress Dowager https://archive.org/details/chinaunderempres01blan/ Philadelphia w:J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1135162764 13999716M 359 https://archive.org/details/chinaunderempres01blan/page/359/ An official, one of the many provincial deputies charged with the carrying of tribute to the Court at Hsi-an, returning thence to his post at Soochow, sent to a friend at Peking a detailed description of the life of the Court in exile, from which the following extracts are taken. en 1912 w:Arthur Henderson Smith Uplifting Leaders The Uplift of China https://archive.org/details/upliftofchina00smit/ 1203455 117 https://archive.org/details/upliftofchina00smit/page/117/ Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried Xi'an Stele black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited. en https://archive.org/details/Bulletin299734/ 1957 T'ANG GOLD AND SILVER Bo Gyllensvärd Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin 29 Elanders Boktryckeri Göteborg 26-27 On the whole we can state that if there is any local information about the finds of gold and silver vessels from T'ang, then Ch'ang-an — present Hsi-an — or Lo-yang with their neighbourhood is referred to. en 2011 Ralph D. Sawyer Ancient Chinese Warfare https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/ w:Basic Books 978-0-465-02145-1 2010051391 657595552 28 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/page/28/ Located approximately 800 meters from the Ch'an River, which has now shifted from one side of the village to the other, and in the immediate vicinity of the strategically critical city Hsi-an (Xian), Pan-p'o stands about 9 meters above the nearby river plain. Translations Xi'an References Further reading Anagrams en ahins nashi Ishan Shina Anish Sinha hains Sahin Nashi Shain ishan Naish Sahni Shani