Shang-ch'iu
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 商丘/商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.[1]
Proper noun
Shang-ch'iu
- Alternative form of Shangqiu
- 1961, Cyril Birch, Chinese Myths and Fantasies, New York: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:
- A certain lady, a member of a wealthy family of Shang-ch'iu, had been left a fine property by her late husband.
- 1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5:
- Wang Kuo-wei 王國維, however, has convincingly demonstrated that Shang was located in eastern Honan, near the present city Shang-chʹiu 商丘.¹¹ Wangʹs view is widely accepted by modern historians.¹²
- 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 93–94:
- In the winter of 633 BC Chʻu had besieged Shang-chʻiu, the capital of Sung, then an ally of Chin, and in the following spring Duke Wen led a large force to drive off the attackers.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shang-ch'iu.
Translations
Shangqiu — see Shangqiu
References
- Shangqiu, Wade-Giles romanization Shang-ch’iu, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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