Meaning of An-ch'ing | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“" In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry⟳ tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight⟳ with foreign priests who came to bring⟳ tribute, and of whom six were killed.”

“But the virile and untiring energies of Yehonala, ably supported by Jung Lu and other faithful followers, soon put⟳ a new complexion on affairs, and the situation was further modified in her favour by the success of her nominee, the Commander-in-Chief, T'seng Kuo-fan, in capturing the city of An-ch’ing (in Anhui) from the rebels, a victory that was regarded as of good augury to her cause.”

“In contrast, Chiu-chiang served primarily as an accumulation point⟳ for Kiangsi rice and as a stop⟳ for commercial transport⟳ on the Yangtze river between Wuhan and An-ch’ing.”

“The men installed in the central provinces by Yüan Shih-k’ai when order⟳ was restored—Feng Kuo-chang at Nanking, Tuan Ch’i-jui at An-ch’ing (in Anhwei), Li Chun at Nan-ch’ang—were not slow to demonstrate⟳ in turn⟳ their own⟳ desire to be independent of their protector.”

“Towns of lesser importance include⟳ An-ch'ing, the former provincial capital; Ma-an-shan; and Ta-t'ung.”

“Okino was still recuperating from the amputation of a leg when he received a letter from the senior Japanese officer in An-ch’ing (now Anqing), a city on the Yangtze River and the site of the nearest major Japanese base⟳.”

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