The concept of "Rinan" (lit "South of the Sun", referring to the Southern Hemisphere) was originally astronomical: above the Tropic of Cancer, the Chinese always faced south during religious ceremonies concerning the sun. In his Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian claimed the Qin dynasty had expanded so far as Rinan, where the houses faced north instead of south.[1] The Han claimed this conceptual region as early as 111 BC upon their conquest of Nanyue[2] but did not administer an actual district under the name until 48 BC.[1]
Under the Western Han, it was recorded as having 14,000 households or about 69,000 people. Several embassies from Rome (Da Qin) during the 1st and 2nd centuries – including one from Marcus Aurelius in AD 166 – are recorded as having come via Rinan, presumably by sea via India.[3]
^ abTrương Thái Du. "A New Approach on Old Issues of Ancient Vietnamese History". Institute of Vietnamese Studies.
^ abVu Dinh Dinh. "Cochinchina: Reassessment of the Origin and Use of a Westernized Place Name". The Writers Post, vol. 9, Jan & Jul 2007.
^Hill, John E. Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE, pp. 27 ff. BookSurge (Charleston), 2009. ISBN978-1-4392-2134-1.
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rinan, railway, station, railway, station, chinese, 日南, pinyin, rìnán, vietnamese, nhật, also, rendered, southernmost, commandery, chinese, dynasty, located, central, area, modern, vietnam, between, quảng, bình, bình, Định, provinces, administered, local, mand. For the railway station see Rinan railway station Rinan Chinese 日南 pinyin Rinan Vietnamese Nhật Nam also rendered as Jih nan was the southernmost commandery of the Chinese Han dynasty It was located in the central area of modern day Vietnam between Quảng Binh and Binh Định provinces It was administered by a local mandarin under direction from the capital of Jiaozhi at Leilou or Longbian after c AD 200 near modern Hanoi citation needed It was part of the territories briefly occupied by Trưng Trắc s rebellion forces in AD 39 Han Commanderies c AD 2 Rinan not shown The concept of Rinan lit South of the Sun referring to the Southern Hemisphere was originally astronomical above the Tropic of Cancer the Chinese always faced south during religious ceremonies concerning the sun In his Records of the Grand Historian Sima Qian claimed the Qin dynasty had expanded so far as Rinan where the houses faced north instead of south 1 The Han claimed this conceptual region as early as 111 BC upon their conquest of Nanyue 2 but did not administer an actual district under the name until 48 BC 1 Under the Western Han it was recorded as having 14 000 households or about 69 000 people Several embassies from Rome Da Qin during the 1st and 2nd centuries including one from Marcus Aurelius in AD 166 are recorded as having come via Rinan presumably by sea via India 3 In AD 264 during the division of Jiaozhou by the Emperor Jing of Wu Rinan was placed under the new Jiaozhou 2 Counties editZhuwu Bijing Xijuan Lurong Lo Dung Xianglin Tượng Lam See also editCửu Chan Lam Ap Kingdom First Chinese domination of Vietnam History of the administrative divisions of China Southern HemisphereReferences edit a b Trương Thai Du A New Approach on Old Issues of Ancient Vietnamese History Institute of Vietnamese Studies archived copy a b Vu Dinh Dinh Cochinchina Reassessment of the Origin and Use of a Westernized Place Name The Writers Post vol 9 Jan amp Jul 2007 Hill John E Through the Jade Gate to Rome A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty 1st to 2nd Centuries CE pp 27 ff BookSurge Charleston 2009 ISBN 978 1 4392 2134 1 nbsp nbsp This article related to the history of China is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Vietnam related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rinan amp oldid 1168893703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
