Chʻien-tʻang

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. (orthodox) 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.