Ching-yang

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English

Etymology

From Mandarin 涇陽 / 泾阳 (Jīngyáng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-yang².

Proper noun

Ching-yang

  1. Alternative form of Jingyang
    • 1966, Wen Djang Chu, The Moslem Rebellion in Northwest China, 1862 - 1878, published 2011, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:
      Chang Fei (1820?-1862) was a native of Ching-yang, Shensi.
    • 1972, T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, Han Social Structure, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 426:
      Yün-yang is equivalent to the northern part of modern Ching-yang county in central Shensi.
    • 1973, Mark Elvin, The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social and Economic Interpretation, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:
      Nor was entrepreneurship absent. Here is an account of how the price of fuel in Ching-yang county in Shensi was reduced:
      County magistrate Lu Chen-fei submitted this memorial in 1629: I would observe that south of Ching-yang lies the Ching River, providing direct access to the Wei, on which there is a continuous flow of merchant shipping. Ching-yang, however, relies on the damming of waterways and loads are not carried by boat, the people being unaware of the advantages conferred on them by nature. Leaving aside the question of whether grain might be transported or timber floated in the form of rafts, this is even true of coal. Ching-yang is densely populated and has nothing to burn as firewood.

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