T'ai-nan

At this time Meng-chia was approaching its heyday as Taiwan’s most important commercial center, leaving T’ai-nan and Lu-kang behind.

1974, Stephan Feuchtwang, “City Temples in Taipei Under Three Regimes”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 265

Among his poems is “Zeelandia,” written in early 1975. The title refers to An-p’ing, a fortress in T’ai-nan, in southern Taiwan, where the Dutch landed more than three centuries ago.

1998, “Introduction”, in No trace of the gardener : poems of Yang Mu, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page xiv

Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modern Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia.

1999, Robert Gardella, “From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status, 1860-1894”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 178

He chose Banka as the seat of his provincial government and named it T’ai-pei (Taipei) or the North of Taiwan. T’ai-wan fu was renamed T’ai-nan (Tainan) or the South of Taiwan.

2000, Hung Chien-chao, “Taiwan under the Ch’ing”, in A History of Taiwan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153

As a candidate in 1985 in his native T'ai-nan county, his wife was struck by a speeding motorist and was paralyzed from the waist down.

2001, Robert Green, Taiwan, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88