Meaning of P'eng | Babel Free

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A surname from Mandarin.

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“In the meantime, P'eng's Third Army Corps had captured Ch'angsha on July 29 and proclaimed a soviet government of three provinces (Kiangsi, Hunan, and Hupeh), with Li Li-san as its chairman in absentia.”

“P’ENG TEH-HUAI (c. 1900– ), Chinese revolutionist and Communist military leader, was born of a peasant family in the central Chinese province of Hunan and in the hsien (county) that was the birthplace of Mao Tse-tung. A participant in the Northern Expedition (1926–27) led by Chiang Kai-shek to unite⟳ China under a single government, P’eng joined the Communists in 1928 and quickly became a top military commander in the forces led by Chu Teh and Mao.”

“Lin P’ei's mother warned him that though P’eng P’ai had no need⟳ to fear starvation, the Lin family was not so fortunate. P’eng claims that he bought some time against this threat by a Tom Sawyeresque ruse.”

“P’eng Shu-tse lived through these tumultuous events, and, during a great part of them, not as a spectator but as a political leader and strategist of the working-class movement.”

“P’eng P’ai was able to return⟳ to Hai-feng county on the heels of the Eastern Expedition at the end⟳ of February 1925 and to revive his shattered movement there. Membership grew rapidly to a reported 70,000, with 12,000 in neighbouring Lu-feng county, but Ch’en Chiung-ming’s troops recovered these counties in the summer and again the movement was driven underground.”

“Gradually Mao’s military forces, and his prestige in the CCP, began to grow⟳. First a column of CCP soldiers led by Chu Teh, then a rebel KMT unit led by P’eng Te-Huai, and finally two bandit gangs merged with Mao’s forces.”

“"Calli, hon, it's Mrs. P’eng." I smooth my hair, swing⟳ the door open⟳, find⟳ Mrs. P’eng, her rounded belly, and Jinsong.[…] Mrs. P’eng asks if I'm feeling better, says they're headed to the county fair and wouldn't I like⟳ to come⟳?”

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