Alphabetical list of equivalent Chinese names and terms.

 (Names and terms in the modern Pinyin system of Romanization are shown last on each line, and the modern Province is shown in brackets after Pinyin location names )

 

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)

       

 

 

 

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