Wei-fang

A form of Weifang — A prefecture-level city of Shandong, in eastern China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Weifang.

    The kuei is also found only in the eastern regions of the Lung-shan culture, and this white-pottery jug is a fine example. It was excavated in 1960 at Wei-fang, Shantung.

    1976, W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics, New York: St. Martin's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15
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    The report of the excavations at this site was published later in 1976 (Shan-tung-sheng, Tung-hai-yü, and Jih-chao 1976); but prior to the availability of stratigraphical evidence, it seemed fully apparent that the pottery associated with the Jih-chao and Wei-fang areas—where we meet for the first time a high percentage of black wares turned on a fast wheel—represented a phase subsequent to that at Hsi-hsia-hou.

    1983, Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, “The Relationship of the Painted Pottery and Lung-shan Cultures”, in David N. Keightley, editor, The Origins of Chinese Civilization, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199

    Soon the school was known throughout China. In 1898 classes were extended to include college level, making the school the first Christian college in China. In 1904 it moved inland to the more central location of Weixian (Wei-fang, or Weihsien). A later move took the college to Jinan (Tsinan), the provincial capital.

    1998, G. Thompson Brown, “Mateer, Calvin Wilson”, in Gerald H. Anderson, editor, Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 440, column 2

Origin

  1. Mandarin濰坊 /潍坊
  2. EnglishWei-fang

Borrowed from Mandarin 濰坊 /潍坊 (Wéifāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Wei²-fang¹.

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