三江

三江

1. (historical, literary) three rivers that supposedly flowed out of the lake of Pengli (彭蠡) according to Yu Gong of the Book of Documents, identified as various rivers in later ages

   • 彭蠡既豬，陽鳥攸居。三江既入，震澤厎定。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彭蠡既猪，阳鸟攸居。三江既入，震泽厎定。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Pénglǐ jì zhū, yángniǎo yōu jū. Sānjiāng jì rù, Zhènzé dǐdìng. [Pinyin]

     The (lake of) Peng-li was confined to its proper limits, and the sun-birds (the wild geese) had places to settle on. The three Jiang were led to enter the sea, and it became possible to still the marsh of Zhen.

2. (～侗族自治縣, ～縣) Sanjiang (an autonomous county of Liuzhou, Guangxi, China)
3. (～鎮, ～街道, ～鄉, ～村) Various Sanjiang towns, subdistricts, townships and villages in China.
   1. (～村) Sanjiang (a village in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
4. the three main rivers of the Chaoshan region: Han, Rong and Lian

   • 有潮水就有俺膠己人　一輪明月年年照三江 [Teochew, trad.]
     有潮水就有俺胶己人　一轮明月年年照三江 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 2019, 潘琼林 and 陈蔓, 我的家乡叫揭阳

     u⁶ dio⁵ zui² ziu⁶ u⁶ nang² ga¹ di⁷ nang⁵, zêg⁸ lung⁵ mêng⁵ ghuêh⁸ ni⁵ ni⁵ zio³ san¹ gang¹ [Peng'im]

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• 三江口
• 三江源 (Sānjiāngyuán)
• 三江並流／三江并流
• 三江平原 (Sān Jiāng Píngyuán)