Jingzhao

Jing·zhao
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proper noun

Administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAdministrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.
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    According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao Prefecture, in which Changan [translating 長安 /长安 (Cháng'ān)], the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong [translating 河中 (Hézhōng)] Prefecture, the present-day Yongji [translating 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì)] District of Shanxi.

    1993, “Notes”, in Thomas L. Kennedy, transl., Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 151

    From 1254 to 1257 Qubilai appointed Lian Xixian to head the newly created Pacification Commission in Jingzhao (modern Xi’an), where he concentrated on enforcing existing decrees from ÖGEDEI KHAN’s reign (1229-41), limiting interest to an amount equal to the principal and emancipating all Confucian scholars held in slavery.

    2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “Lian Xixian (Lien Hsi-hsien)”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332, column 2

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Origin

  1. Mandarin京兆
  2. EnglishJingzhao

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 京兆 (Jīngzhào).

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