"Han-tan" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1912, Lionel Giles, Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzŭ, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 118",
          "text": "The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons.",
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          "ref": "1940, Derk Bodde, Statesman, Patriot, and General in Ancient China (American Oriental Series), volume 17, New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, →OCLC, page 16",
          "text": "Now we know from the biography that Tzŭ-chʻu's wife had formerly been an ordinary courtesan (chi 姬) of Han-tan, who had been selected by Lü Pu-wei to be his concubine because she \"was extremely beautiful and an excellent dancer.\"",
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          "ref": "1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722-222 B.C., Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45",
          "text": "Lu Pu-wei was a prosperous businessman in the large city of Han-tan in Chao, where he met a prince of Ch’in who was being kept as hostage in the capital.",
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          "ref": "1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China, Holt Rinehart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9",
          "text": "Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the son of King Chuang-hsiang, was born in about 258 BC in Han-tan, the capital of the state of Chao.",
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          "text": "Now we know from the biography that Tzŭ-chʻu's wife had formerly been an ordinary courtesan (chi 姬) of Han-tan, who had been selected by Lü Pu-wei to be his concubine because she \"was extremely beautiful and an excellent dancer.\"",
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