| 释义 |
Yin, n.2 (and a.)|jɪn|
[ad. Chin. Yin, proper name: see Shang-Yin s.v. Shang n.]
The name of the Shang dynasty of China, esp. with reference to its final phase, after the capital had moved to the city of Yin in about 1300 b.c. Usu. attrib. or as adj.
[1736R. Brookes tr. Du Halde's Gen. Hist. China I. 306 This Emperor [sc. Pouan Keng] changed the Name of his Family from Chang to Yng. ]1846W. H. Medhurst tr. Shoo King x. 162 The Yin (or Shang) dynasty..was subjected to..great..calamities. 1904F. L. H. Pott Sk. Chinese Hist. iii. 19 In consequence of this change of the seat of government, the Dynasty was thereafter known as the Yin, instead of the Shang. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 109/1 The Shang, or Yin, dynasty was formerly considered mythological by scholars; but 20th-century archaeological evidence confirmed its actual existence. |