Anking

Definitions

Dated form of Anqing.

alt-of, dated

Examples

“Adjoining the province of Kiangsu is the province of Anhui and in two of its river cities, Wuhu and Anking, we have⟳ centers of work⟳.”

“Plainly it was not the custom for a foreigner to travel⟳ down the Yangtze on a small boat, for no sooner was I nicely settled on the deck of a tug about to leave⟳ for Anking, ninety miles down the river, than a boatload of Chinese river police pulled alongside and requested to see⟳ my passport.”

“But Anhui as a whole was still far from conquered ; the Taipings remained in Anking and only small detachments of loyal troops were available for necessary attacks on a few specific localities.”

“By autumn 1856, practically all the cities in North Anhwei had been lost to the Imperialists but T’ung-ch’eng, north of Anking.”

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