Chiangling

See also: Chiang-ling

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-ling².

Proper noun

Chiangling

1. Alternative form of Jiangling
   • 1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], volume X, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:

     A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State of Chu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.

   • 1972, Chen Erh, “A Story About Swords”, in 中国文学 [Chinese Literature]‎^[2], volume 3, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, page 92:

     In December 1965 in Chiangling County, Hupeh Province, another bronze sword, about 55.5 cm. long, was found beside the remains of an aristocrat of the State of Chu in a mammoth tomb dating from the Warring States Period (476-221 B.C.).

   • 1975 August 29, “A Well-Preserved 2,140-Year-Old Male Corpse Unearthed”, in Peking Review‎^[3], volume 35, →OCLC, pages 21–22:

     The tomb was discovered this year during construction work on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in the town of Chinancheng, Chiangling County, Hupeh Province.

   • 1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs‎^[4], volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:

     The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chiangling.