Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Guangyuan.
In the second half of 1907, Pa Chin’s immediate family moved to Kuang-yüan in northern Szechwan, where his father served as the local magistrate.
1978, Nathan K. Mao, “Biographical Sketch”, in Pa Chin, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 133 more examples
Finally, however, he was cleared¹⁷ and even got a promotion: he was appointed magistrate of Kuang-yüan in northern Szechwan.[...]During these two years in Kuang-yüan, the world of the little Pa Chin was limited by the walls of the yamen.
1967, Olga Lang, Pa Chin and His Writings, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 10The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan 廣元, Chao-hua 昭化 and Chien-ko 劍閣 in Szechwan.
1967, Chêng Tê-k’un, “Outline of the Study: Geographical and Historical Background”, in Archaeological Studies in Szechwan, Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 9According to local legend she was born in Kuang-yüan, Li county in Szechwan, where a festival commemorating her birth is held on that day at Li-chou.
2007, Nigel Cawthorne, Daughter of Heaven, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5
Origin
- Mandarin廣元 /广元
- EnglishKuang-yüan
From Mandarin 廣元 /广元 (Guǎngyuán) Wade–Giles romanization: Kuang³-yüan².
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