Category talk:Chanyus

Request for help - Chanyu is preferable to Shanyu
I believe this section should be changed from "Cateory:Shanyus" to "Category:Chanyus" but I don't know how to move it - so I am asking the help of other to do this.

The reason I believe the page should be moved is that the Guangyun, a dictionary compiled in 601 CE by Lu Fayan, and completed during the Song dynasty, gives three readings for the first character of this title [i.e. Chanyu]: dan, chan, and shan. The form chan is specifically mentioned as being used in the Xiongnu title Chanyu. The reading shan is used as a place or family name; the reading dan means 'single' or 'alone.' Also see, for example: "Early Chinese Settlement Policies towards the Nomads." Pan Yihong. Asia Major, 3rd series, Vol. V, Part 2, (1992), p. 42, n. 2; Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese and Early Mandarin, p. 48. (1991). Edwin G. Pulleyblank. UBC Press. Vancouver; Indo-Scythian Studies being Khotanese Texts Volume VII, p. 32. H. W. Bailey. Cambridge University Press. Thank you for your consideration, John Hill (talk) 00:22, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

This information has been copied from the old "Category:Shanyus" discussion page
This information has been copied from the old "Category:Shanyus" discussion page as I couldn't find any way of moving the "Category:Shanyus" page. I would be grateful if someone more knowledgeable than myself would delete the old page as it is now superfluous. Many thanks, John Hill (talk) 02:52, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Chanyu is preferable to Shanyu
I will go through the article and change the title 'Shanyu' to 'Chanyu' throughout (except in quotes). The reason is that the Guangyun, a dictionary compiled in 601 CE by Lu Fayan, and completed during the Song dynasty, gives three readings for the first character of this title [i.e. Chanyu]: dan, chan, and shan. The form chan is specifically mentioned as being used in the Xiongnu title Chanyu. The reading shan is used as a place or family name; the reading dan means 'single' or 'alone.' Also see, for example: "Early Chinese Settlement Policies towards the Nomads." Pan Yihong. Asia Major, 3rd series, Vol. V, Part 2, (1992), p. 42, n. 2; Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese and Early Mandarin, p. 48. (1991). Edwin G. Pulleyblank. UBC Press. Vancouver; Indo-Scythian Studies being Khotanese Texts Volume VII, p. 32. H. W. Bailey. Cambridge University Press. John Hill (talk) 03:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Sock IP?
@ScottishFinnishRadish it seems the sock IP has made edits again, could you prevent them or protect the pages again somehow? Sunnyediting99 (talk) 19:14, 21 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Blocked the IP for three months and watchlisted some stuff. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:18, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you as always Sunnyediting99 (talk) 21:23, 21 October 2023 (UTC)