Po-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 亳州 (bózhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Po²-chou¹.

Proper noun

Po-chou

1. Alternative form of Bozhou
   • 1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801)‎^[1], Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 100–101:

     With Pi’s removal from Honan, Chang lost his backing in the Kuei-te position and was obliged to relinquish it. In the winter we find him in nearby Po-chou, Anhwei, enjoying the hospitality of the magistrate P’ei Chen, who had been a friend since Chang's Peking days.

   • 1971, Irving Yucheng Lo, “The Making of a Chinese Poet”, in Hsin Chʻi-chi‎^[2], New York: Twayne Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23:

     According to his own account, he was brought up by a stem and patriotic grandfather, Hsin Tsan, magistrate of Po-chou (in the northern part of modern Anhwei province), who was unable, because of his large family, to follow the government into exile [PP 3].

   • [1973, Gilbert Rozman, Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan‎^[3], Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:

     Po chou in the northwest corner of Anhwei was located on a river which joined the Huai river near Feng-yang fu city. Po chou city contained four pao inside the wall and three more plus part of a fourth in its kuan.]

   • 1973, Yu-wen Jen, The Taiping Revolutionary Movement‎^[4], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 172:

     On hand to welcome the Central and Eastern Army Corps to Po-chou, a district in northern Anhwei province, were Chi Wen-yüan and his Western Army Corps, who had reached there June 10th (the exact itinerary is still obscure).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Po-chou.

Translations

Bozhou — see Bozhou