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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