Ch'ang-chou
See also: Chang-chou
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-chou¹.[1]
Proper noun
Ch'ang-chou
- Alternative form of Changzhou
- 1894 May, Rev. Isaac T. Headland, “The Edward Bellamy of China: or The Political Condition of the Middle Sungs.”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume 25, number 5, page 207:
- The President of the Imperial Academy recommended him for the title of Censor (諫官), but Wang An-shih refused to receive it, giving as a reason that his grandmother was sick and old, and he wanted to serve her. But at once he was made Department Magistrate (知州) of Chʻang-chou.
- 1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, published 1964, LCCN 62-10451, OCLC 1205112112, page 58:
- Wu Kʻuan, for example, who won the highest honors in the metropolitan and palace examination of 1472 and became president of the Board of Rites, was from an artisan family of Chʻang-chou County, part of Su-chou in southern Kiangsu.
- 1981, Caleb Carr, The Devil Soldier, Random House, →ISBN, LCCN 91-11158, OCLC 466030515, OL 1533427M, page 17:
- The Chung Wang claimed that the imperialists lost 10,000 men at Tan-yang, and, while such numbers were invariably exaggerated by both sides during the rebellion, the victory did open the way to the town of Ch'ang-chou, the first vital position on the line to Soochow.
- 1990, Leung Yuen-sang, The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, LCCN 90-11162, OCLC 1014966231, page 58:
- Further, he suggested strategies and gave counsel to his superiors at Soochow and Ch'ang-chou. (The Governor-General resided temporarily in Ch'ang-chou after the Taiping capture of Nanking in 1853.)
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Translations
Changzhou — see Changzhou
References
- Changzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Ch’ang-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Ch'ang-chou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Ch'ang-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “Ch'ang-chou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.