Meaning of Yü-t'ien | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“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).”

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