Hsiang-t'an

See also: Hsiangtan

English

Map including HSIANG-T'AN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹-tʻan².

Proper noun

Hsiang-t'an

1. Alternative form of Xiangtan
   • 1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China During the Years 1784-1785‎^[1], St. Bonaventure, New York: Franciscan Institute, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:

     There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts’ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t’an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t’an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them.

   • 1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry‎^[2], Seattle: University of Washington Press, page 42:

     In the city of Hsiang-t'an, before the Ch'ien-lung period (1736-1795), there were numerous mansions of gentry members who had been officeholders.

   • 1979, Terence P. Labrecque, The ‘Operational Code' Belief System of Hua Guofeng; Chairman of the Communist Party and Premier of the State Council, Peoples^{[sic – meaning People's]} Republic of China‎^[3], Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, page 17:

     In July, 1951, Hua was transferred to Hsiang-t'an as county Party secretary. Although technicially not a promotion, this new assignment afforded Hua greater opportunities, because Hsiang-t'an county was larger, encompassed a large municipality for greater exposure and, most importantly, included Shao-shan, Mao's home town. During this one year assignment, Hua concentrated on organizing and implementing mutual aid teams (MATs) and monitoring the counties' efforts in the Anti-Locust Campaign.

   • 1986, Parks M. Coble, Jr., The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937‎^[4], 2nd edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 236:

     The most ambitious undertaking of the commission was the effort to establish a heavy-industry zone at Changsha and Hsiang-t'an in Hunan province.

Translations

Xiangtan — see Xiangtan

Further reading

• “Hsiang-t’an”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Hsiang-t'an” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.