Han-tan

English

Map including HAN-TAN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 邯鄲／邯郸 (Hándān) Wade–Giles romanization: Han²-tan¹.

Proper noun

Han-tan

1. Alternative form of Handan
   • 1912, Lionel Giles, Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzŭ‎^[1], London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 118:

     The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons.

   • 1940, Derk Bodde, Statesman, Patriot, and General in Ancient China (American Oriental Series)‎^[2], volume 17, New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, →OCLC, page 16:

     Now we know from the biography that Tzŭ-chʻu's wife had formerly been an ordinary courtesan (chi 姬) of Han-tan, who had been selected by Lü Pu-wei to be his concubine because she "was extremely beautiful and an excellent dancer."

   • 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722-222 B.C.‎^[3], Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45:

     Lu Pu-wei was a prosperous businessman in the large city of Han-tan in Chao, where he met a prince of Ch’in who was being kept as hostage in the capital.

   • 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China‎^[4], Holt Rinehart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9:

     Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the son of King Chuang-hsiang, was born in about 258 BC in Han-tan, the capital of the state of Chao.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Han-tan.

Translations

Handan — see Handan

Further reading

• “Han-tan or Han·tan”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas‎^[5], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 308, column 1

Anagrams

• Nathan, tannah, thanna