Lushan

See also: Lúshān

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lo͞oʹshänʹ[1]
  • Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 魯山 / 鲁山.

Proper noun

Lushan

  1. A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
    • 1959, C. K. Yang, The Chinese Family in the Communist Revolution[2], M.I.T. Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 82:
      In the village of Tunghua in Lushan county of Honan Province a child bride, Li Hsiu-yuan, demanded a divorce, but the local officials were against it, and for three months, the case hung fire.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lushan.
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Etymology 2

From Mandarin 廬山 / 庐山 (Lúshān).

Proper noun

Lushan

  1. Synonym of Mount Lu.
  2. A county-level city of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
    • [1987, Wing-tsit Chan, “The Fortune of Chu Hsi”, in Chu Hsi: Life and Thought[5], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
      Like Chang Shih, Lü Tsu-ch’ien strongly and repeatedly pleaded with Chu Hsi to serve in the government. With regard to the appointment to the post at Nan-k’ang 南康¹⁷ in 1178, Lü wrote to Chu Hsi more than once that he would be making important contributions to the area, that high officials in the region were all friendly.
      ¹⁷Present Hsing-tzu 星子 County in Kiangsi Province.]
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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lushan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1099, column 1

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