Wei-fang

See also: Weifang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 濰坊 / 潍坊 (Wéifāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Wei²-fang¹.

Proper noun

Wei-fang

1. Alternative form of Weifang
   • 1976, W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics‎^[1], New York: St. Martin's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15:

     The kuei is also found only in the eastern regions of the Lung-shan culture, and this white-pottery jug is a fine example. It was excavated in 1960 at Wei-fang, Shantung.

   • 1983, Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, “The Relationship of the Painted Pottery and Lung-shan Cultures”, in David N. Keightley, editor, The Origins of Chinese Civilization‎^[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199:

     The report of the excavations at this site was published later in 1976 (Shan-tung-sheng, Tung-hai-yü, and Jih-chao 1976); but prior to the availability of stratigraphical evidence, it seemed fully apparent that the pottery associated with the Jih-chao and Wei-fang areas—where we meet for the first time a high percentage of black wares turned on a fast wheel—represented a phase subsequent to that at Hsi-hsia-hou.

   • 1998, G. Thompson Brown, “Mateer, Calvin Wilson”, in edited by Gerald H. Anderson, Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 440, column 2:

     Soon the school was known throughout China. In 1898 classes were extended to include college level, making the school the first Christian college in China. In 1904 it moved inland to the more central location of Weixian (Wei-fang, or Weihsien). A later move took the college to Jinan (Tsinan), the provincial capital.

Translations

Weifang — see Weifang