Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Danfeng.
Several excavated examples are on record, including one from Tan Feng Hsien in Shensi which bears the date 1119.
[1997, William Watson, Studies in Chinese Archaeology and Art, volume 1, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1122 more examples
The mountainous terrain of the areas on the Shensi-Hupeh border favored us if we should engage the enemy, but the place was so poor that both food and cloth were scarce. So we had to turn our way towards more prosperous districts like Tan-feng, Shang-hsien, and Lo-nan in southern Shensi.
1972, Chang Kuo-t’ao, The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party 1928-1938, volume II, University Press of Kansas, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 312¹⁹²Located southeast of modern Tan-feng 丹鳳 County in Shensi near the intersection of the three modern provinces of Honan, Shensi, and Hupei (Wang Li-ch'i, 6:127n.).
1994 [145–86 BCE], Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William Nienhauser, The Grand Scribe's Records, volume 1, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143
Origin
- Mandarin丹鳳 /丹凤
- EnglishTan-feng
From Mandarin 丹鳳 /丹凤 (Dānfèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-fêng⁴.
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