Meaning of San-men-hsia | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“During excavations in the area of San-mên-hsia, near the confluence of the Wei-ho and the Huang-ho, tombs of the ancient state of Kuo were found at Shang-ts‘un-ling; these were datable to the early Eastern Chou period (after 770 b.c.), according to a brief report⟳ in K‘ao-ku T‘ung-hsin (no. 11, 1958).”

“The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date⟳ from the eighth century b.c., but certainly predate the year 655 b.c., were unearthed in 1956–1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.”

“Mount⟳ Pi-erh (also written 辟耳 on Kuo yü, 6.242) is located about twelve miles north and west of modern San-men-hsia 三門峽 in Shansi (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 1:22).”

“Near Shan-chou2 (Shensi, modern San-men-hsia), some seventy-five miles west of Lo-yang, K’ang I-ch’eng surrendered with the few troops that remained with him and was later executed with his family.”

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