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INDEX   53

which, in the Mongol period, was part of Yün-nan.

See GAINDU, p. 728.

Chien-ch'uan : name given to Lungch'üan during Sung times. See TINGIU, p. 854. Chien-fou : this may be Kamboja or render the ancient name of Aqsu usually transcribed Kumo in Chinese.

See CIORCIA, p. 384.

chien-jung : « velvet »; the tou-lochin is said to be similar to that.

See COTTON, p. 477.

Chien-kuo : wrong explanation for

• Choncha ».

See CHONCHA, p. 245.

chien-kuo : the words used for the foundation of the Empire by Chinghiz-khan are the same in the Fo-tsu li-tai t'ung-tsai and in Yang Wei-chêng, but they represent a different tradition. See CINGHIS, p. 285.

chien-lo : « pointed (?) basket » of cooked rice = 250 cowries in Bengal (Tao-i chih-lio).

See COWRIES, p. 559.

Chien-mao-shan : (or Chan-maoshan) the tradition according to which the Mongol Empresses and princes were buried there cannot be verified.

See CINGHIS, p. 363.

Chien-mo : this valley is mentioned by Chia Tan between Shu-lo and the frontier post of the Ts'ung-ling.

See YARCAN, p. 884. Chien-nan : (i.e. the north-western quarter of the modern Ssüch'uan).

See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 702.

Chien-ning : south of Hsin-chou, the road crossed the Wu-i Mountains to reach it.

See CUGIU (< *SINGIU, cc.

154, 155), p. 570.

Chien-ning : much of the silk material of the « Zaitunese » was perhaps made there.

See ÇAITON, p. 595.

« Chien-ning chin » : name of the

• damask silks » mostly sent abroad.

It was exported to Cambodia according to the Tao-i chih-lio. See CAMOCAS, p. 149.

Chien-ning-fu : in Fu-chien (see

• Quenlinfu », p. 814).

(The a damask silks» which were mostly sent abroad were those from).

See CAMOCAS, p. 149. Chien-ning-fu : this name goes back to the Sung; under the Mongol dynasty, it was a lu.

It was important for the com-
munications between Fu-chou

and Chiang-hsi province.

See QUENLINFU, p. 814. Chien-shui : ( = Lin-an) « so-lo cloth » was made there.

See COTTON, p. 478.

chien-su : « plain silk » (the old clothes of Chinghiz-khan and Qubilai-khan were maid of... or cotton).

See COTTON, p. 504.

Chien-tê : official name of Yen-chou under the Yüan.

See TANPIGIU, p. 846.

Chien-tu : when applied to the Chien-ch'ang Valley, was certainly only a popular form, probably derived from the ancient regular Chiung-tu. See GAINDU, p. 729.

Chien-tu : according to some texts of the pên•chi (YS, 13,1a. etc.) must have been near Burma. It is an unidentified district in south-western Yün-nan.

See GAINDU, p. 729. Ch'ien-t'ang River.

See TINGIU, p. 855. Chien-yang : south of Hsin-chou, the road crossed the Wu-i Mountains to reach it.

See CUGIU ( <*SINGIU, cc.

154, 155), p. 569-570.

« Chien-yang chin » : name of the

• damask silk » mostly sent abroad.

*Chien-yang being the name of a district to the north-northwest and within the territory of Chien-ning-fu.

It was exported to Borneo according to Chao Ju-Kua.

See CAMOCAS, p. 149.

ch'ien : « money », once suggested to explain « China »!

See CIN, p. 268.

ch'ien : « cash », established instead of the cowries under Ch'in

Shih-huang-ti (Shuo wen).

See COWRIES, p. 538.

ch'ien : «bronze coins », comprised

in the new currency system of Wang Mang.

See COWRIES, p. 539.

ch'ien : one tenth of a Chinese ounce, the mace of early European trade in China.

See COWRIES, p. 547.

ch'ien : if it was identified with màla =80 cowries, Polo would be justified in saying that 80 cowries =1 saggio, i.e.1 ch'ien. See COWRIES, p. 561.

ch'ien : renders papa or gançlaka. See COWRIES, p. 562.

ch'ien :« cash », « copper coin »; used by I-ching and Li-yen to render Skr. papa; below the paya in value in Hui-lin.

See COWRIES, p. 562.

ch'ien-hu : « chiliarch », probably represented by Polo's « Cenchu ». See CENCHU, p. 236.

Ch'ien-po : (then read K'ien-pai in 1282) has been identified with Cambay, but it must be Kampe in Sumatra, because of the names associated with it.

See CAMBAET, p. 140.

chih : (*t'Siap) often occurs for the second character of po-tieh. See COTTON, p. 449.

Chih-chih-man : this town is also called Chi-nan-chou.

See YARCAN, p. 883.

chih-chih year : (May 6-June 3, 1323). See FACFUR, p. 660. chih-ch'êng : in the passage of the Wei lio on Ta-Ch'in, it has to be taken in the sense of « brocade ».

See COTTON, p. 508.

chih-ch'êng ta-i : « great garment in chih-ch'êng », which must be a kind of brocade.

See COTTON, p. 452.

Chih-na : Chinese Buddhist transcription of the Skr. Cina. See CIN, p. 267.

Chih-na : phonetical transcription of « Cina » by translators of Buddhist texts into Chinese.

See CIN, p. 270.

Chih-na : I-ching says that it is Kuang-chou (Canton).

Given in 730 as the name of Kuang-fu (Canton) in India. See CIN, p. 272.

Chih-nan : mentioned as a Chinese rendering of « Cina », without authority.

See CIN, p. 270.