Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Ziyang.
After a day's journey of some 17 miles, we once more crossed tho Lu-chou river, and entered Tzŭ-yang Hsien.
1886, E. Colborne Baber, “Travels and Researches of the Interior of China”, in Royal Geographical Society: Supplementary Papers, volume I, London: John Murray, →OCLC, A Journey of Exploration in Western Ssŭ-ch’uan, page 212 more examples
Before leaving the Old Stone Age in Pleistocene China, it may be worthwhile to mention two additional sites in South China which have recently been investigated. In 1951 the remains of the Tzŭ-yang Man was unearthed at Huang-shan-hsi, in Tzŭ-yang, Szechwan (48. 49–50).
1966, Chêng Tê-k’un, Prehistoric China, volume 1, England: W. Heffer & Sons, →OCLC, page 37Preliminary examination of skulls from the Upper Cave at Choukoutien and from Tzŭ-yang in Szechwan shows that the Chinese physical type had already emerged at least as far back as the Late Pleistocene.
1969, Grahame Clark, World Prehistory: A New Outline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221
Origin
- Mandarin資陽 /资阳
- EnglishTzŭ-yang
From Mandarin 資陽 /资阳 (Zīyáng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ¹-yang².
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