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Han-tan

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English

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Map including HAN-TAN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

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From Mandarin 邯鄲 / 邯郸 (Hándān) Wade–Giles romanization: Han²-tan¹.[1]

Proper noun

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Han-tan

  1. Alternative form of Handan
    • 1912, Lionel Giles, Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzŭ[1], London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 118:
      The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons.
    • 1940, Derk Bodde, Statesman, Patriot, and General in Ancient China (American Oriental Series)‎[2], volume 17, New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, →OCLC, page 16:
      Now we know from the biography that Tzŭ-chʻu's wife had formerly been an ordinary courtesan (chi ) of Han-tan, who had been selected by Lü Pu-wei to be his concubine because she "was extremely beautiful and an excellent dancer."
    • 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722-222 B.C.[3], Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45:
      Lu Pu-wei was a prosperous businessman in the large city of Han-tan in Chao, where he met a prince of Ch’in who was being kept as hostage in the capital.
    • 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China[4], Holt Rinehart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9:
      Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the son of King Chuang-hsiang, was born in about 258 BC in Han-tan, the capital of the state of Chao.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Han-tan.

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References

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  1. ^ Handan, Wade-Giles romanization Han-tan, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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