Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Hechuan.
The Min-sheng Company (Min-sheng shih-yeh kung-ssu) operation was above all the creation of Lu Tso-fu, a native of Ho-ch’uan county north of Chungking.
1974, Robert A. Kapp, “Chungking as a Center of Warlord Power, 1926-1937”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1502 more examples
The youths and children of Ho-ch’uan county held a memorial service for Liu Wen-hsüeh, at which they resolved to study Liu Wen-hsüeh’s noble qualities of love for the Party, love for Chairman Mao, and love for Socialism, and determined to be good children of Chairman Mao.
1971, Charles Price Ridley, Paul H. B. Godwin, Dennis J. Doolin, “Selections from Volume 6 of the Readers”, in The Making of a Model Citizen in Communist China, Stanford, Cali.: Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299After taking Ch’eng-tu in March 1258, his expedition was bogged down vainly attempting to take the strongly defended city of Ho-chou (modern Ho-ch’uan county, Szechwan) throughout the last half of 1258 and the first seven months of 1259.
1994, Morris Rossabi, “The reign of Khubilai khan”, in Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, editors, The Cambridge History of China, volume 6, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 421
Origin
- Mandarin合川
- EnglishHo-ch'uan
From Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-chʻuan¹.
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