Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zhuxi.
About forty miles southeast of modern Chu-hsi 竹溪 County in Hupei (T'an Ch'i-hsiang, 1:17).
2006, Ssu-ma Ch'ien, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records,, volume V.1, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3852 more examples
The 1829 edition of the history of Chu-hsi county, in the extreme northwest of Hupei, said that the overwhelming majority of the local population were immigrants, mostly from Shensi and Kiangsi and also from Honan, Chihli, and Shantung.
1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 151As for the rice trade in Hupeh, it is noteworthy that in the early nineteenth century, rice from Chu-shan and Chu-hsi-two districts in hilly north-western Hupeh-was even demanded by Hsün-yang and Pai-ho in southern Shensi (28).
Notes on the Grain Trade in the Han River Area During the Nineteenth Century
1977, Ts'ui-Jung Liu (劉翠溶), “十九世紀漢水流域的糧食貿易 [Notes on the Grain Trade in the Han River Area During the Nineteenth Century]”, in Proceedings of the National Science Council, volume 1, number 11, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2021, page 137
Origin
- Mandarin竹溪 /竹谿
- EnglishChu-hsi
From Mandarin 竹溪 /竹谿 (Zhúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chu²-hsi¹.
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