Ch'ien-t'ang

See also: Ch‘ien-t‘ang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 錢塘／钱塘 (Qiántáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻien²-tʻang².

Proper noun

Ch'ien-t'ang

1. Alternative form of Qiantang
   • 1898, T. Watters, “The Eighteen Lohan of Chinese Buddhist Temples.”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 330:

     About the year 880 an artist named Kuan Hsiu (貫休) made pictures of the Sixteen Lohan, which were given to a Buddhist monastery near Ch‘ien-t‘ang in the province of Chekiang.

   • 1903, Shiichi Tajima, Masterpieces Selected from the Kôrin School: with Biographical Sketches of the Artists of the School, and some Critical Descriptions‎^[2], volume I, Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, →OCLC, page [3]:

     Lin Ho-ching, surnamed Pu, a man who lived during the Sung dynasty of China, was born at Ch‘ien-t‘ang of Hang-chau in Ché-kiang province.

   • 1953, China's Management of the American Barbarians: A Study of Sino-American Relations, 1841-1861, with Documents‎^[4], New York: Octagon Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 712:

     CHIN Ying-lin 金應麟, native of Ch‘ien-t‘ang, Chekiang, was a chin-shih of the Tao-kuang period.

   • 1980, Richard John Lynn, Kuan Yün-Shih‎^[5], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38:

     It is not certain exactly when he arrived, though the statement in Teng’s preface to his collected works that “after we had been parted for a year, he came to visit Ch’ien-t’ang and came by to see me” suggests that Kuan was there by early spring, if we count a year from the time he must have left office (February 1317).

   • 1981, Lillian M. Li, “Bureaucratic Myths and Sericulture”, in China's Silk Trade: Traditional Industry in the Modern World 1842-1937‎^[6], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Another example was that of the magistrate of Ching-chiang hsien in Kiangsu, named Huang Shih-pen, a native of Ch’ien-t’ang in Hangchow prefecture, who also purchased mulberry saplings from Hu-chou and tried to teach the local people sericultural techniques from Chekiang.

   • 2011, “Circulation and Waves”, in Oceans and Oceanography (The Living Earth)‎^[7], 1st edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:

     There is a well- known bore on the Severn, in England, and another forms on the Petitcodiac River, \khich empties into the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. The classic example is the bore on the Qiantang (Ch’ien-t’ang) described by Commander W. Usborne Moore of the British navy in 1888 and 1892. He reported heights of 2.5 to 3.5 metres (8.2 to 11.5 feet).