Shang-ch'iu

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English

Map including SHANG-CH'IU (KWEITEH) (walled) 商邱) (AMS, 1955) →OCLC

Etymology

From Mandarin 商丘／商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.[1]

Proper noun

Shang-ch'iu

  1. 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.

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References

  1. ^ Shangqiu, Wade-Giles romanization Shang-ch’iu, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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