单词 Loong 的历史至少始于一百六十年前

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　　在此提供几个鸦片战争前后英语当中使用“Loong”音译龙的例子。

　　1，The Chinese: a general description of the empire of China and its inhabitants - de Sir John Francis Davis - 1840
　　... down our will that altars should be erected at He-loong Tan and elsewhere.
　　... incense in person, on the same day, at the Altar of the Black Dragon. ...

　　2，The Penny Cyclop?dia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - de Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long – 1842
　　... tea, and is by the Chinese an expensive kind called Loong-tsing, literally cells of the dragon, which is never brought to it is so delicate and ...

　　3，The Chinese - de John Francis Davis - 1846
　　The word Loong is applied as an epithet to most things pertaining to the emperor.
Loong-tcei (the dragon-seat) is the imperial throne.

　　4，To-Day: A Boston Literary Journal - de CHARLES HALE - 1852
　　... padres, fathers or priests ; Woo-loong, or the " black dragon," called by us Oo-long; and a variety of others. ...

　　5，在 A Vocabulary with Colloquial Phrases of the Canton Dialect -
de Samuel William Bonney - 1854 中，可以见到“Dragon 龙 loong”。

　　也有用“lung”的情况，但是比较少：

　　The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts,... - de Samuel Wells Williams - 1849
　　... The lung or dragon is a familiar object on articles made by the Chinese, ...