Shang-jao

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“After Pearl Harbor the Japanese ordered his arrest. But he had fled to Shang-jao in Kiangsi Province from which he and four Chinese preachers sustained national churches for several months. Because Shang-jao was still in "free" territory, he became a conduit for American funds sent to missionaries stranded in Shanghai.”

“Wu Yüeh, a distant relative of Wang An-shih 王安石 (1021-86), was active from the late years of Hui-tsung's reign into Kao-tsung's, serving his last⟳ post⟳ as grand custodian in Shang-jao, Kiangsi.”

“A native of Le-p'ing (Kiangsi), for example, was on his way to the capital to take⟳ up his post⟳ as gate guardian of the Court of Judicial Review⟳ when he stopped with his maidservant to pray for good fortune at an unidentified shrine of Shang-jao (Kiangsi).”

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