Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Xianyang.
To consolidate his power, he had linked the beautiful capital, Hsien-yang, with the rest of the empire by a superb network of roads.
1980, A new look at Treasures of Archaeology, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 522 more examples
Lin Hsiang-ju immediately said to the king of Ch’in, “If Ta-wang wants fifteen cities from Chao, the king of Chao should also get something in return. What about giving him Hsien-yang as a gift?’ Hsien-yang was the capital of Ch’in.
1995, Linda Fang, The Chʻi-lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54So all the knowledge about these times comes from literature and, while it is likely that the magnificence of their capital cities and palaces was exaggerated, it is clear that they were fairly remarkable. But just such a city was Hsien-yang, somewhere in the vicinity of modern Hsien-fu, which was big even by contemporary standards, its population reaching nearly a million, and Ch’i (an important state in Shantung) had a capital city measuring 1.5 by 3 kilometres (0.9 X 1.8 miles).
2002, Stephen Gardiner, The House: its Origins and Evolution, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 99–100
Origin
- Mandarin咸陽
- EnglishHsien-yang
From Mandarin 咸陽 (Xiányáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-yang².
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