Chin-sha-chiang
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Wade–Giles romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chin¹-sha¹-chiang¹.
Proper noun
[edit]Chin-sha-chiang
- Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.
- 1916 May, F. Kingdon Ward, “Further Geological Notes on the Land of Deep Corrosions”, in The Geological Magazine[1], number 623, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 211:
- It is much more likely that the Chin-sha-chiang (reserving this name for the southward-flowing upper portion of the Yangtze) did actually continue southwards past Likiang, being subsequently beheaded by the upper course of the eastward-flowing portion cutting back westwards; the southern portion of the Chin-sha-chiang, being thus isolated from its source, ultimately disappearing.
- 1946, James Hornell, “The Coracle in Asia”, in Water Transport: Origins & Early Evolution[2], David & Charles, published 1970, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100:
- In a coracle of this form, Kingdon Ward (1913, 129) travelled 15 miles downstream from Batang on the Chin-sha-chiang, a tributary of the Yangtze; its length was barely 6 feet, the breadth 3 feet and the depth 5 feet.
- 1948, F. W. Thomas, “Introduction”, in Nam: An Ancient Language of the Sino-Tibetan Borderland[3], Oxford University Press, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
- The great Ña(g)-chu, or Ya-lung river, which with its tributaries issues from the southern slopes of the Bayankara range and ultimately joins the Hbri-chu, now Chin-sha-chiang, on its left bank, has perhaps a more precipitous upper course.
- 1977, Kwang-chih Chang, “Early Civilizations in South China”, in The Archaeology of Ancient China[4], 3rd edition, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 454:
- In this connection, Wu Chin-ting’s investigations during 1938-40 in Ta-li Hsien, in the Lake Erh and Tien-ts’ang Mountain area of western Yunnan a little way below the Chin-sha-chiang, are highly important.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chin-sha-chiang.