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[菊兒汗分享][英文台]"Cathay"源自契丹
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A name for China, derived from Khitai; also, the Central Asian name for an ethnic group of proto-Mongols known in China as Khitan (Qidan or Ch'i-tan). The Khitan were a confederation of tribes from the areas of Inner Mongolia and western Manchuria. They ruled North China 947–1125 as the Liao dynasty with their capital at Peking (Beijing). After the Liao fell in CE 1125, the name Khitai was still used by neighboring peoples for the region that had been ruled by the Liao dynasty. This region was differentiated from China proper, which included Central China, ruled by the Five Dynasties (CE 907–60), with its capital at Kaifeng; and South China, ruled by the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), with its capital at Hangzhou. The terms Cathay and China were both used by the European explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324), who spent 17 years in China during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), which had been established by the Mongols. European geographers believed they were two different regions until the early 17th century, when the Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Bento Goes verified that Cathay and China were the same. Today Khitai remains the preferred name for China in Russia and in Western and Central Asia.
In English literature the name Cathay for China is sometimes used with exotic connotations.
Text citation from:
Perkins, Dorothy. "Cathay." Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1998. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Facts On File, Inc.
http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE49&iPin=china00229&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 23, 2013).[/size=2]
A name for China, derived from Khitai; also, the Central Asian name for an ethnic group of proto-Mongols known in China as Khitan (Qidan or Ch'i-tan). The Khitan were a confederation of tribes from the areas of Inner Mongolia and western Manchuria. They ruled North China 947–1125 as the Liao dynasty with their capital at Peking (Beijing). After the Liao fell in CE 1125, the name Khitai was still used by neighboring peoples for the region that had been ruled by the Liao dynasty. This region was differentiated from China proper, which included Central China, ruled by the Five Dynasties (CE 907–60), with its capital at Kaifeng; and South China, ruled by the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), with its capital at Hangzhou. The terms Cathay and China were both used by the European explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324), who spent 17 years in China during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), which had been established by the Mongols. European geographers believed they were two different regions until the early 17th century, when the Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Bento Goes verified that Cathay and China were the same. Today Khitai remains the preferred name for China in Russia and in Western and Central Asia.
In English literature the name Cathay for China is sometimes used with exotic connotations.
Text citation from:
Perkins, Dorothy. "Cathay." Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1998. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Facts On File, Inc.
http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE49&iPin=china00229&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 23, 2013).[/size=2]
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