Hsien-yang

English Etymology From en cmn 咸陽 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsien²-yang².Xianyang, Wade-Giles romanization Hsien-yang, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Xianyang. en 1980 A new look at Treasures of Archaeology https://archive.org/details/newlookattreasur0000gibs/ 0-668-04958-8 80-11240 6043093 7629153M 52 https://archive.org/details/newlookattreasur0000gibs/page/52/ To consolidate his power, he had linked the beautiful capital, Hsien-yang, with the rest of the empire by a superb network of roads. en 1995 Linda Fang The Chʻi-lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories https://archive.org/details/chilinpursecolle0000fang/ New York w:Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-31241-9 94-9909 214972990 1086004M 54 https://archive.org/details/chilinpursecolle0000fang/page/54/ Lin Hsiang-ju immediately said to the king of Ch’in, “If Ta-wang wants fifteen cities from Chao, the king of Chao should also get something in return. What about giving him Hsien-yang as a gift?’ Hsien-yang was the capital of Ch’in. en 2002 Stephen Gardiner The House: its Origins and Evolution https://archive.org/details/houseitsoriginse0000gard/ Chicago w:Ivan R. Dee 1-56663-480-6 2002025514 49312700 9397204M 99–100 https://archive.org/details/houseitsoriginse0000gard/page/99/ So all the knowledge about these times comes from literature and, while it is likely that the magnificence of their capital cities and palaces was exaggerated, it is clear that they were fairly remarkable. But just such a city was Hsien-yang, somewhere in the vicinity of modern Hsien-fu, which was big even by contemporary standards, its population reaching nearly a million, and Ch’i (an important state in Shantung) had a capital city measuring 1.5 by 3 kilometres (0.9 X 1.8 miles). Translations Xianyang References