Meaning of Hsü-ch'ang | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“It seems that in the autumn of 803 he went on leave. His uncle Po Chi-chên, had recently been moved from his post at Hsü-chou and promoted to be Prefect of Hsü-ch’ang in Central Honan.”

“Wang Mao-yüan had now become military governor of Chung-wu Region and commissioner for Ch'en-chou and Hsü-chou, with his headquarters at Hsü-chou (modern Hsü-chʻang in Honan province).”

“After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.”

“Three of the six short stories are written by K'o Kang: […] c) "Yen-ts'ao hu-hu" 烟草糊糊 (Tobacco). Tobacco is the main crop of the people of Hsu-ch'ang in Honan. The wicked tobacco dealer and the Americans deceive a planter and his family. The planter and his wife commit suicide.”

“Moving to Hsu-ch’ang (Xuchang) in 1906, Edwins obtained a foothold in Loyang (Luoyang), Jiaxian, and other strategic centers, where land and property were purchased and groundwork was laid for future expansion. In 1910 the first nine converts were baptized in Hsu-ch’ang.”

“First, his forces, including the Shang and their thirty-six allies, reached K'un-wu (of the Ssu clan in the modern Hsu-ch'ang area in Honan), a powerful subordinate state of the Hsia located just southwest of the Hsia capital and on the frontier between the Hsia and Shang; […]”

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