Po-chou

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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), 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, 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].
    • , 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, 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.

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