Ssu-ch'uan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹.

Proper noun

Ssu-ch'uan

1. Alternative form of Sichuan
   • [1895, William Woodville Rockhill, Notes on the Ethnology of Tibet‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 694:

     The silver earrings worn by the women of the Chin-chʻuan, a border district of Ssŭ-chʻuan inhabited by Tibetans, are shown in fig. 2.]

   • 1898 May, G. J. L. Litton, Report of a Journey to North Ssu-ch'uan‎^[2], Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 6:

     It appears that heavy autumn rains following on the break-up of a hot summer are prevalent all over Ssu-ch'uan, except at Sungpan where the climate is the same as North China, heavy summer rains and fine autumn.

   • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, “T'u-ssu System”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎^[3], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 244:

     A third example of the t'u-ssu system as prevalent just before the Communist regime came to power in China is that of the Hsuan-wei-ssu of Wa-ssu or Wa Lamasery in the territory of Wen-ch'uan Hsien (northwest of Ch'eng-tu, Ssu-ch'uan).

   • 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China‎^[4], Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 21:

     Orographic rain seems significant only when the monsoon current runs into the high plateaux of Yun-nan and Kuei-chou, and into the mountains of Ssu-ch'uan. Thus the famous Omei Shan of Ssu-ch'uan is one of the wettest places in China, and receives on the average about 76 inches a year.

   • 1980, Charles A. Goodrum, “Orientalia”, in Treasures of the Library of Congress‎^[5], New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:

     The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of Feng-tu County, Ssu-ch’uan Province, published in 1710.

   • 1999, Daniel L. Overmyer, Precious Volumes‎^[6], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 259:

     At Patriarch's invitation, Taoist "Perfected and Friends of the Way" accompany him to Ssu-ch'uan.

Translations

Sichuan — see Sichuan