yü-t'ien

Example Sentences

• "The Later Han Annals do not mention Chʻü-lê; but in the Wei lio it appears along with Jung-lu, Han-mi, and Pʻi-kʻang as a petty kingdom dependent on Yü-tʻien or Khotan."
• "Again, Yü-tʻien or Ho-tʻien (Khotan), as it is now called, has been from time immemorial devoted to Mahometanism, as is amply borne out by Illustrated Notices of Western Countries, printed by Imperial authority."
• "During this period the Hsiung-nu were weak and failed to assert their power in the region. The more powerful states, Shan-shan (75) in the Lop region, So-ch’e (76) (Yarqand) and Yü-t’ien (77) (Khotan) had begun to absorb their lesser neighbors."
• "Yü-t’ien is a state located in an area known as Ho-t’ien since the eighteenth century (not to be confused with the Yü-t’ien District set up in late nineteenth century some 150 kilometers to the east). Ho-t’ien is situated in southwestern Sinkiang just below the northern foothills of the Karakorem Range and near the upper reaches of a water course, the Ho-t’ien or South Ts’ung-ling River. To the west is the Kashgar or North Ts’ung-ling River. The two join the Yerkand River and form the Tarim River system in south-central Sinkiang. These rivers have their headwaters in the Ts’ung-ling range, which is the general term for the eastern part of the Pamir Heights. The White-Jade River and the Green-Jade River, as mentioned in the present book, are probably the Ho-t’ien and the Kashgar."
• "Yü-t’ien 于闐, GSR 97a and 375r: giwo/jiu-d'ien/d'ien, later called Ho-t’ien 和闐, GSR 8e and 375r: g'wa/yua-d'ien/d'ien, since long identified with Khotan. It is to be noted that late in the 19th century a subprefecture with the identical name Yü-t’ien was established in Keriya; this figures i.a. on map A12, square D4 of the Atlas (1962)."