Hupeh

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English

Map including part of HUPEH (AMS, 1953)

Etymology

The Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 湖北 (Húběi).

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Hupeh

  1. (historical or obsolete) Alternative form of Hubei
    • 1911, W. H. Wilkinson, Consul-General Wilkinson to Sir J. Jordan (Correspondence Respecting the Disturbances in China)‎, Harrison and Sons, page 51:
      Recent letters show that Wushan and K'uei-fu, towns on the river below Wan Hsien, were still in the hands of the existing Government on the 8th instant, though Li-ch'uan, west of Shihnan-fu, in the extreme corner of Hupeh, was reported to be in the hands of the revolutionaries.
    • 1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801), Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:
      The magistrate of Ma-ch'eng in Hupeh engaged Chang to compile a local history for his district.
    • 1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
      A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State of Chu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.
    • 1980, KAI-YU HSU, WEN I-TO, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:
      HSIA-pa-ho Village is a small but rich "fish and rice" village located at the confluence of the Pa and the Yangtze rivers outside the Hsi-shui county seat in Hupeh province.
    • 1981, Hualing Nieh Engle, translated by Jane Parish Yang and Linda Lappin, Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China, Boston: Beacon Press, page 17:
      A terrible battle has broken out again in northern Hupeh and western Hunan.
    • 1982 October 10, “The National Day Republic of China”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 40, Taipei, page 2?:
      Located in Hupeh Province astride the Yangtze River, Wuhan has always been regarded as one of China's most strategic urban centers.
    • 1992, Cheng Chien Bhikshu, Sun-Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-tsu and the Hung-chou School of Ch'an, Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, →ISBN, page 8:
      At the age of forty Tao-hsin moved to Shuang-feng Mountain in the district of Huang-mei, present-day Hupeh province. There he attracted a large following; it is said that he had five hundred students studying under him.

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