Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Dingyuan.
During the summer, while Ch’en attacked Lai-an and Ch’u-chou, Wu left Lu-chou for an attack on Ting-yüan with the assistance of Nien chief Kung Te-shu.
1973, Jen Yu-wen, “Warfare in the Yangtze Valley (1856–1859)”, in The Taiping Revolutionary Movement, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 6132 more examples
For example, in 1928, after a Red Spear force succeeded in routing bandits from Anhwei’s Hsü-i and Ting-yüan counties, the brigands regrouped in nearby Hsüchou.
1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, “Protectors Turn Rebels: The Case of the Red Spears”, in Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 169When he reached Yin-ling 陰陵,²⁶⁵ he lost his way and asked an old farmer.[...] ²⁶⁵ A county northwest of modern Ting-yüan 定遠 County in Anhwei (Wang Li-ch'i, 7:182n.) about 25 miles east of modern Huai-nan 淮南 City (see also T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 2:19).
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 206
Origin
- Mandarin定遠 /定远
- EnglishTing-yüan
From Mandarin 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn), Wade–Giles romanization: Ting⁴-yüan³.
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