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Alphabetical list of equivalent Chinese names and terms
Anhwei Province, Anhui
An Lu-shan (General), An Lushan
Ch’an Buddhism, Qān Buddhism
Ch’ang-an, Chang’an, Sian, Sian-fu, Xi’an (Shaanxi)
Ch’ang-kan (village), Chinkiang, Zhenjiang (Jiangsu)
Ch’ang-sha, Changsha (Hunan)
Chang Yen-yüan, Zhang Yanyuan
Chên-ting, Chenting, Zhengding (Hebei)
Chêng-tu, Ch’eng-tu, Cheng-tu, Chengdu (Sichuan)
Ch’i (spirit,breath,force etc), Qi
Ch’i-chou, Chichow, Kweichih, Guichi (Anhui)
Chiang-ling, Kiangchow, Kiangling, Jiangling (Hubei)
Ch’in Dynasty (221-206BC), Chin Dynasty, Qin Dynasty
Chin-shih (examination), Jinshi
Ching River, King River, Jing (Shaanxi)
Ching Hao, Jing Hao
Chou Dynasty (c1122-221BC), Zhou Dynasty
Ch’u Kingdom (Fourth/third century BC), Chu Kingdom
Ch’ü Yüan (poet), Qu Yuan
Chuang-tzu (Taoist), Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou
C’hu-t’ang Gorge (Yangtze), Qutang Xia
Confucius, K’ung-Fu-tzu, Kongfuzi
Feng-hsien, Feng-hsiang, Fengsiang, Fufeng (Shaanxi)
Fu-chou, Fuchow, Fu Xian (Shaanxi)
Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), Han Dynasty
Han River, Han Kiang, Han Shui
Hankow, Wuhan (Hubei)
Han-yang, Hanyang (Hubei)
Honan Province, Henan
Hopei Province, Hupeh, Hebei
Hsi K’ang, Xi Kang
Hsiang River, Siang Kiang
Hsien (Immortal, sennin), Xian
Hsiung-nu (‘Huns’), Xiongnu
Hui-neng, Huineng
Hsüan-tsang (Buddhist Pilgrim), Xuan Zang, Xuanzang
Hsüan-tsung (Emperor, Ming-huang), Xuanzong
Hui-neng (Sixth Ch’an Patriarch), Huineng
Jao-chou, Jaochow, Poyang, Boyang (Jianxi)
Jen (benevolence,goodness), Ren
Kai-feng, Kaifeng (Henan)
Kansu Province, Gansu
Kashgar, Kaxgar, Kashi (Xinjiang)
Khotan, Ho-t’ien, Hotan (Xinjiang)
Kialing River, Kialin Kiang, Jialing Jiang (Sichuan)
Kiangsu Province, Jiangsu
Kiukiang, Jiujiang (Jiangxi)
Kokonor Lake, Koko Nor,Ching Hai,Quinghai Hu (Qinghai)
K’uei-chou, Kweichow, Fengkieh, Fengjie (Sichuan)
Kuo Hsi, Guo Xi
Lant’ien, Lantien, Lantian (Shaanxi)
Lao-tzu, Lao-tze, Laozi
Li Lin-fu (Minister), Li Linfu
Li Po, Li Bai
Liang-yüan, Kweiteh, Shang-kiu, Shangqiu (Henan)
Lo River, Luo He (Henan)
Lop Nor, Lop Nur (Xinjiang)
Loyang, Lo-yang, Luoyang (Henan)
Lu Chi, Lu Ji
Lu-shan, Mount Lu, Lu Shan (Jiangxi)
Lukiang, Lujiang (Anhui)
Mi-lo River, Miluo (Hunan)
Nanking, Nanjing (Jiangsu)
Peking, Pei-ching, Beijing
P’eng-lai (Palace, Islands of the Blessed), Penglai
Pi (jade disc), Bi
Pin-chou, Pinchow, Bin Xian (Shaanxi)
Po Chü-Yi, Po Chü-i, Po Chu-i, Bai Juyi
Poyang, Lake Poyang, Poyang Hu (Jiangxi)
Shang-lin Park, Shanglin
Shansi Province, Shanxi
Shantung Province, Shan-tung, Shandong
Shensi Province, Shaanxi
Shih Chi (The Historical Records), Shi Ji, Shiji
Shih (verse form), Shi
Si Wang Mu (Goddess of the West), Xiwangmu
Soochow, Wuhsien, Suzhou (Shandong)
Ssu-ma Ch’ien (Han Historian 145?-85?BC), Sima Qian
Su-tsung (‘Emperor in the North’), Su Tsung, Suzong
Su T’ung-po, Su Shi, Su Dongpo
Suchow, Tungshan, Xuzhou (Jiangsu)
Sung Dynasty (960North-1279ADSouthern),Song Dynasty
Szu-ch’uan Province, Szechwan, Sichuan
T’ai-shan, Mount Tai, Tai Shan (Shandong)
T’ai-yüan, Yangku, Taiyuan (Shanxi)
Taklamakan Desert, Taklimakan Shamo
T’ang Dynasty (618-907AD), Tang Dynasty
Tang-t’u, T’ai-p’ing, Taiping, Tangtu, Dangtu (Anhui)
Tao, Dao: Taoism, Daoism: Tao-Te Ching: Daode Jing
T’ao Ch’ien, T’ao Yüan-ming, Tao Yuanming, Tao Qian
Tarim Basin, Tarim Pendi
T’ien Shan, Tien Shan, Tian Shan (Xinjiang)
Sui Dynasty, Sui Dynasty (581-618AD)
Tu Fu, Du Fu
T’un-huang, Dunhuang (Gansu)
T’ung Kuan Pass, Tungkwan, Tongguan (Shaanxi)
Tung-t’ing Lake,Tung Ting Hu, Dongting Hu (Hunan)
Tzu-jan (spontaneity,naturalness), Ziran
Wang Chao-chün (wife of Tartar Khan), Wang Zhaojun
Wei River, Wei Ho (Shaanxi)
Wu Gorge (Yangtze), Wu Xia (Sichuan)
Wu-ch’ang, Wuchang (Hubei)
Wu-ti Emperor of Han, Han Wudi
Yang Chu, Yang Zhu
Yang Kuei-fei (Yang Yü-huan, Consort), Yang Guifei
Yang Kuo-chung, Yang Guozhong
Yangchow, Yangzhou (Jiangsu)
Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang, Yangzi Jiang, Chang Jiang
Yeh-lang River, Yehlang, Yalong Jiang (Yunnan)
Yellow River, Hwang-ho, Hwang Ho, Huang He
Yo-chou, Yochow, Yoyang, Yueyang (Hunan)
Yü-chang, Nan-k’ang, Nanchang (Jiangxi)
Yüeh-fu (ballad verse form), yuefu
Yünnan Province, Yunnan
Yumen (old town), Yu-men, Jiayuguan (Gansu)
Authored and translated by A. S. Kline © Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved.
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