Yung-chi

A form of Yongji — A county of Jilin, Jilin, China.

OriginMandarin 永濟 /永济 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Yongji (in Shanxi).

    Two other bronze fittings of the simpler type were unearthed in 1954 in a cache at Yung-chi, Shansi Province

    1982, Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Smithsonian Institution, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 66
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    Two figures from Yung-chi near the south-western border between Shansi and Shensi have stylistic features which place them at some point in the 13th century (PI. X).

    1969, Bishop White Gallery, Shansi Wall Paintings and Sculptures from the Chin and Yüan dynasties, Charles J. Musson, →OCLC, →OL, page 12

    P'u-chou, also known as Ho-chung in T’ang times, was under the jurisdiction of Chiang-chou. It is modern Yung-chi County in Shansi Province, located east-northeast of Ch’ang-an.

    1978, “The Story of Ying-ying”, in James R. Hightower, transl., edited by Y. W. Ma and Joseph S. M. Lau, Traditional Chinese Stories, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 139, column 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin永濟 /永济
  2. EnglishYung-chi

From Mandarin 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chi⁴.

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