Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jingmen.
A bronze ko 戈 and a bronze sword of the late Chou type were found in Ching-men 荆門, some 90 km north of Chiang-ling (Wang Y.P., 1963a);[...]
1972, Chang Kwang-chih, “Major Aspects of Ch'u Archaeology”, in Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin, volume 1, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162 more examples
Here a few feet Seem a thousand miles. The craggy walls glisten blue and red, A piece of dazzling embroidery. How green those distant trees are Round the river strait of Ching-men! And those ships-they go on, Floating on the waters of Pa. The water sings over the rocks Between countless hills Of shining mist and lustrous grass.
1923, Shigeyoshi Obata, transl., Li Po, the Chinese Poet, →OCLC, page 40Hsiao-kung wanted to attack him, but Ching said: "You cannot! Shih-hung is a stalwart general, while those below him are all courageous men. Now when they have newly lost Ching-men, they will all be full of ardor to oppose us. This is an army which can rescue the defeated and cannot be opposed.
1993, Ralph D. Sawyer, transl., The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 315
Origin
- Mandarin荆門
- EnglishChing-men
From Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-mên².
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