Ch'ang-an

52. Chang Kʽien said to the Emperor, on his return from his mission to Bactria, [月氐]:—"Ta-üen is distant from Han, [? the capital Chʽang-an], about 10,000 li: their habits there are settled: they till the ground, and cultivate rice and wheat : they have grape-wine, and many excellent horses.

1885 January-February, E. H. Parker, “Asia Reconstructed from Chinese Sources.”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume XVI, number 1, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, page 38

This rather leisurely journey, consuming almost six months, should be contrasted with Liu Tsung-yüan's trip into exile in 815- it took him a little more than three months to reach Liu-chou in Lingnan from Ch’ang-an.

1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24

They calmly kept watch. On the mountain path that wound around from the distant hills to the right, there was no movement. The pass was as flat as Ch'ang-an Avenue in Peking.

1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 218

After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.

1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59

As a youth, he had had an uncle, a much younger half brother of his mother, who occasionally took him on exploratory adventures in their home city of Ch'ang-an.

1993, Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri, Deception, New York: Avon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109