Meanings
proper noun
alternative also T'ien-men
- alternativeAlternative form of Tianmen.
In 1764 he visited Tʻien-mên, Hupeh, where his father was director of an Academy and compiler of the local history, 天門縣志 Tʻien-mên hsien-chih, completed in 1765 in 24 chüan.
CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng
1943, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, 章學誠 [CHANG Hsüeh-chʻêng] (Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period), 1970 printing, volume 1, Government Printing Office, page 38
Origin
From Mandarin 天門／天门 (Tiānmén), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻien¹-mên².
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