Shang-ch'iu
English
Map including SHANG-CH'IU (KWEITEH) (walled) 商邱) (AMS, 1955) →OCLC
Etymology
From Mandarin 商丘／商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.[1]
Proper noun
Shang-ch'iu
- Alternative form of Shangqiu
- 1961, Cyril Birch, Chinese Myths and Fantasies, New York: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, LCCN 61-8581, OCLC 10223381, page 75:
- A certain lady, a member of a wealthy family of Shang-ch'iu, had been left a fine property by her late husband.
- 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, LCCN 81-4347, OCLC 1083879318, pages 93-94:
- In the winter of 633 BC Chʻu had besieged Shang-chʻiu, the capital of Sung, then an ally of Chin, and in the following spring Duke Wen led a large force to drive off the attackers.
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Translations
Shangqiu — see Shangqiu
References
- Shangqiu, Wade-Giles romanization Shang-ch’iu, in Encyclopædia Britannica