Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Chuzhou.
In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.
1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242 more examples
Han Lin-erh fled into the camp of his nominal subordinate Chu Yüan-chang, under whose patronage he retained his imperial pretensions at Ch'u-chou, an important city in east central Anhwei, until his death in 1366.
1978, Charles O. Hucker, “The Transition from Yüan to Ming”, in The Ming Dynasty, its Origins and Evolving Institutions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 13The Ch’u-chou exile began what was to be a long nine-year absence from the Court. Ch’u-chou was not as distant as Yi-ling had been, but it was even more isolated. Located some forty miles northwest of Nanking and the Yangtze, it was not, as Ou-yang Hsiu said, a place travelers passed through.
1984, Ronald C. Egan, “Introduction”, in The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 7
Origin
- Mandarin滁州
- EnglishCh'u-chou
From Mandarin 滁州 (Chúzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu²-chou¹.
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