Pyongan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 평안(平安) (Pyeong'an).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pyôngʹänʹ

Proper noun

Pyongan

1. (historical) One of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty.
   • [1866 May 28, correspondant at Peking, “THE WEST COAST OF COREA.”, in The London and China Telegraph‎^[1], volume VIII, number 210, →OCLC, page 284, column 1:

     The West Coast line is exceedingly irregular. The Province of P’ing An, starting from the mouth of the Ya-lu River, on which stands the emporium of I-chou, extends for the larger half southward, then trending eastward, forms a large estuary, the southern side of which again pushes out some distance westerly.]

   • [1885, Edward P. Vining, quoting J. Klaproth, “Researches regarding the Country of Fu-sang, mentioned in Chinese Books, and erroneously supposed to be a Part of America”, in An Inglorious Columbus: or, Evidence that Hwui Shǎn and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America in the Fifth Century, A.D.‎^[2], D. Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 43:

     Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of the province of Pʽing-ngan, which, in great part, in the time of the dynasty of Han, formed the district of Lo-lang.]

   • 1964, Park Chung Hee, “Reflection on the Decline of the Yi Dynasty”, in Our Nation's Path: Ideology of Social Reconstruction‎^[3], 2nd edition, Seoul: Dong-a Publishing Company, Ltd., →OCLC, page 96:

     The Dynasty was then threatened by innumerable peasant rebellions, of which the Hong Kyong-Nae Rebellion in 1811 in the 11th year of King Sunjo, was the largest. The insurrection erupted when Hong capitalized on the Government’s discriminatory treatment of the people of Pyongan Province and on the misery of farmers.

   • 1966, Roy E. Shearer, “Comparison of Geographical Sections of Korean Presbyterian Church Growth”, in Wildfire: Church Growth in Korea‎^[4], Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:

     Since 1887, the northern part of Pyongan Province had been repeatedly visited by missionaries. On those early visits they were particularly interested in Euiju on the border.

   • 1968, Joseph Conrad Wold, “Anthropology, A Tool for Church Growth”, in God's Impatience in Liberia (Church Growth Series)‎^[5], Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125:

     A people movement of great proportions started in the Presbyterian Church in Pyongan Province, Korea, in 1897.

   • [1994, Sung Chul Yang, “Political Culture and Traditions”, in The North and South Korean Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis‎^[6], Westview Press; Seoul Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:

     A series of peasant uprisings begun in 889 in the Korean Peninsula, which ultimately led to the downfall of the Unified Silla, was one of the early cases. Peasant rebellions of 1172 in Pyŏngan Province, the revolt of Mangi and Mangsoi in 1176 in Kongju, Ch'ungch'ŏng Province, the insurrections of Kim Sami and Hyosim in 1193 in Kyŏngsang Province and the peasant rebellion in 1199 in Myŏngju (Kangnung), Kangwŏn Province were notable during the Koryŏ Dynasty.]

Hyponyms

• (province): North Pyongan, South Pyongan

Translations

historical province

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 平安 (zh) (Píng'ān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 평안 (ko) (pyeong'an)

See also

• Ping'an