Definition of "Tianzhen"

On August 27th the Court crossed the Shansi border, and spent the night at T'ien-chen hsien. The local Magistrate, a Manchu, had committed suicide after hearing of the fall of Mukden and other Manchurian cities; and the town was in a condition of ruinous disorder.]

, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 223

Stretches of wall run through what is modern Tianzhen county, heading boldly into the Inner Mongolia to the east.

2014, Kim Hunter Gordon, editor, Datong: A Historical Guide‎, Matric International Publishing, page 274

Its mud-and-brick buildings, and its setting among dusty hills in the north-eastern corner of Shanxi province, offer little to the occasional visitor to distinguish it from countless other parts of China where hard work brings but a meagre living. Yet Tianzhen county, of which Dingjiayan is a part, is one of just 592 areas that the central government designates as “impoverished”.

2015 April 4, “Just a little bit richer”, in The Economist‎, archived from the original on 2020-08-12, China‎