Hsin-yang

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English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 信陽信阳 (Xìnyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin⁴-yang².[1]

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: shǐnʹyängʹ

Proper noun

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Hsin-yang

  1. Alternative form of Xinyang
    • 1972, Chang Kwang-chih, “Major Aspects of Ch'u Archaeology”, in Noel Barnard, editor, Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin[1], volume 1, New York: Intercultural Arts Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:
      Hsin-yang 信陽
      Two large tombs with wooden chambers were unearthed in 1957 and 1958 on a low hill about 4 km northwest of the town of Ch’ang- t’ai-kuan 長臺關 of Hsin-yang county on the northern bank of the Huai-ho, in southeastern Honan (Pei et al. 1957 ; Ho and Huang, 1958 ; Honan CPCO, 1959).
    • 1989, Kōjirō Yoshikawa, “Ho Ching-ming”, in John Timothy Wixted, transl., Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry, 1150-1650[2], Lawrenceville, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 149:
      From Hsin-yang in Honan, Ho Ching-ming was much like Li Meng-yang, being a brilliant young man of low- class origins from a poor family.
    • 1992, Stephen Uhalley, Jr, “TENG YING-CH'AO”, in Edwin Pak-wah Leung, editor, Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976[3], Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 405:
      Teng Ying-ch’ao was bom in Hsin-yang, southern Honan.

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References

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  1. ^ Xinyang, Wade-Giles romanization Hsin-yang, in Encyclopædia Britannica