Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jiangsu.
In 1670 he became secretary to the magistrate in the southern province of Chiang-su; two years later he left southern China after obtaining a position as administrator for a wealthy friend, with whom he and his family resided for over thirty years.
1999, “P'u Sung-ling”, in Short Story Criticism, volume 31, Gale, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1822 more examples
Like the two preceding provinces, Chiang-su forms part of the Great Plain. It has few hills and is more abundantly watered than any other province.[…]Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864.
1898, Harlan P. Beach, Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang, New York, →OCLC, page 154But if, as we have seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work could have been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su.
1978, Timothy C. Wong, “The Evolution of a Satirist”, in William Schultz, editor, Wu Ching-tzu, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30
Origin
- Mandarin江蘇 /江苏“Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou”
- EnglishChiang-su
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 江蘇 /江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangning [i.e., Nanjing] and Suzhou”) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-su¹, from the province's two major cities.
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