Lan-t'ien

A form of Lantian — A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lantian.

    We have imagined the habitat of Lan-tʻien Man and his palaeolithic successors to be relatively open terrain of woods and grassland.

    1974, William Watson, Ancient China: The Discoveries of post-Liberation Chinese archaeology, New York Graphic Society, →ISBN, page 19
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    On this king Hwâi called out all the military strength of his kingdom and led it deep into Chʻin, with whose forces another battle was fought at Lan-tʻien.² . . . ² Meaning "Indigo Fields." A district of the department of Hsî-an still bears the name.

    1895, James Legge, “The Lî Sâo Poem and its Author”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Stephen Austin and Sons, page 85

    The first real human beings in China lived about 600,000 years ago. Fossils of Gigantopithecus, a Latin name for Giant Ape, were dug up at Lan-t'ien in the early 1960s. Though they looked a lot like apes, the Lan-t'ien people were among the first of our species to make tools.

    1983, Valjean McLenighan, China, A History to 1949, Chicago: Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10

    Of more importance are Wang Wei's descriptions of landscapes, particularly those at his country home at Lan-t'ien southeast of Ch'ang-an.

    2008, William Watson, “Wang Wei”, in Jelena Krstovic, editor, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, volume 100, Gale Cengage Learning, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 286

Origin

  1. Mandarin藍田 /蓝田
  2. EnglishLan-t'ien

From Mandarin 藍田 /蓝田 (Lántián) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-tʻien².

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