Po-chou
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 亳州 (Bózhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Po²-chou¹.
Proper noun
Po-chou
- Alternative form of Bozhou
- 1966, Nivison, David S., The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801), Stanford University Press, LCCN 65-13112, OCLC 906052523, pages 100-101:
- With Pi’s removal from Honan, Chang lost his backing in the Kuei-te position and was obliged to relinquish it. In the winter we find him in nearby Po-chou, Anhwei, enjoying the hospitality of the magistrate P’ei Chen, who had been a friend since Chang's Peking days.
- 1971, Lo, Irving Yucheng, “The Making of a Chinese Poet”, in Hsin Chʻi-chi, New York: Twayne Publishers, LCCN 70-120509, OCLC 469309228, page 23:
- According to his own account, he was brought up by a stem and patriotic grandfather, Hsin Tsan, magistrate of Po-chou (in the northern part of modern Anhwei province), who was unable, because of his large family, to follow the government into exile [PP 3].
- [1973, Rozman, Gilbert, Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 72-1986, OCLC 251969468, OL 5283502M, page 222:
- Po chou in the northwest corner of Anhwei was located on a river which joined the Huai river near Feng-yang fu city. Po chou city contained four pao inside the wall and three more plus part of a fourth in its kuan.]
- 1973, Jen, Yu-wen, The Taiping Revolutionary Movement, Yale University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 72-91299, OCLC 760607036, page 172:
- On hand to welcome the Central and Eastern Army Corps to Po-chou, a district in northern Anhwei province, were Chi Wen-yüan and his Western Army Corps, who had reached there June 10th (the exact itinerary is still obscure).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Po-chou.
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Translations
Bozhou — see Bozhou