Yü-t'ien

English

YÜ-TIEN (KERIYA) (YÜ-T'IEN) (USATC, 1971)

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 于闐 (Yü²-tʻien²).

Proper noun

Yü-t'ien

1. Alternative form of Yutian
   • 1921, Aurel Stein, Serindia‎^[1], volume 3, page 1323:

     The Later Han Annals do not mention Chʻü-lê; but in the Wei lio it appears along with Jung-lu, Han-mi, and Pʻi-kʻang as a petty kingdom dependent on Yü-tʻien or Khotan.

   • 1923, The Travels of Fa-Hsien‎^[2], Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, pages 90–91:

     Again, Yü-tʻien or Ho-tʻien (Khotan), as it is now called, has been from time immemorial devoted to Mahometanism, as is amply borne out by Illustrated Notices of Western Countries, printed by Imperial authority.

   • 1964, William Samolin, East Turkistan to the Twelfth Century‎^[3], The Hague: Mouton & Co, →OCLC, →OL, pages 27, 86:

     During this period the Hsiung-nu were weak and failed to assert their power in the region. The more powerful states, Shan-shan (75) in the Lop region, So-ch’e (76) (Yarqand) and Yü-t’ien (77) (Khotan) had begun to absorb their lesser neighbors.

     (75) 鄯善
     (76) 莎車
     (77) 于寘

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yütien or Yü-t’ien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2130, column 3