Gushi
See also: gushi, gǔshī, gǔshí, gǔshǐ, gǔshì, gùshì, gùshi, and Gǔshí
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Ku-shih
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 固始 (Gùshǐ).
Proper noun
Gushi
- A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.
- [1934, “Evangelistic Work—Mission Districts”, in White Unto Harvest in China: A Survey of the Lutheran United Mission, the China Mission of the N.L.C.A., 1890-1934, OCLC 23011557, page 90:
- Kushih Hsien is one of the populous districts of Southeast Honan. It borders on Anhwei province and extends over two hundred li, (70 miles) south to the Hupeh border. […] At present the district of Kushih has eight organized congregations and two preaching places.]
- [1963, Survey of China Mainland Press, number 2889-2909, ISSN 0499-0390, OCLC 1695580, page 2:
- (2) Huaipin hsien is restored; its present administrative area is the administrative area of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Hsi hsien and the two administrative areas of Ch'issu and Changchuang ch'u of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Kushih hsien.]
- [1980, Perry, Elizabeth J., “Predators Turn Rebels: The Case of the Nien”, in Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 803060884, page 116:
- In certain places, the Nien succeeded in entirely supplanting the regularly constituted government authority. The result could actually be a considerable improvement for some of the local residents. In Honan’s Ku-shih County, for example, poor people seeking a settlement of their problems flocked to the local Nien chieftain for help.]
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Translations
county
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