Ch'u-chou

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See also: chūchǒu, Chu-chou, and Ch'ü-chou

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Mandarin 滁州 (Chúzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu²-chou¹.

Proper noun[edit]

Ch'u-chou

  1. Alternative form of Chuzhou
    • 1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry[1], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
      In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.
    • 1978, Charles O. Hucker, “The Transition from Yüan to Ming”, in The Ming Dynasty, its Origins and Evolving Institutions[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 13:
      Han Lin-erh fled into the camp of his nominal subordinate Chu Yüan-chang, under whose patronage he retained his imperial pretensions at Ch'u-chou, an important city in east central Anhwei, until his death in 1366.
    • 1984, Ronald C. Egan, “Introduction”, in The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72)[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 7:
      The Ch’u-chou exile began what was to be a long nine-year absence from the Court. Ch’u-chou was not as distant as Yi-ling had been, but it was even more isolated. Located some forty miles northwest of Nanking and the Yangtze, it was not, as Ou-yang Hsiu said, a place travelers passed through.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ch'u-chou.

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