Lushan
See also: Lúshān
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: lo͞oʹshänʹ[1]
- Rhymes: -æn
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 魯山 / 鲁山.
Proper noun
Lushan
- 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.
Translations
county
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lushan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1807, column 3
Etymology 2
From Mandarin 廬山 / 庐山 (Lúshān).
Proper noun
Lushan
- Synonym of Mount Lu.
- 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited[4], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
- I received the news from our representative, Dr. Wellington Koo, whose secretary wired me to prepare twenty cars to take the whole delegation up the famous Lushan mountain for a sight-seeing expedition.
- 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.
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Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lushan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1807, column 3
References
- ^ 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