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- alternativeAlternative form of Nanjing.
Other large cities such as Nanching and Kuangchou have also achieved success in afforestation. The summer heat of Nanching is well known, but the present maximum temperature has dropped considerably.
1973 July [1972], Cheng-siang Chen, “Changes in the Agricultural Landscape of China”, in L. G. Reeds, editor, Agricultural Typology and Land Use, Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University, →OCLC, page 3442 more examples
We don’t know how soon this spelling will be accepted extensively elsewhere, but the city will be called “Peiping” (even though there is no peace there as the name suggests) by the free Chinese in Taiwan and the ROC Government will return to Nanking ("Nanching” or “Nanjing” depending on whether one uses the Wade or Yale system and meaning “southern capital”) when the mainland is recovered.
1979 January 14, L. Chen, “End of ‘Peking' but now what?”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3Although Tao-hsin didn’t travel to the capitals of Loyang or Ch’ang-an, he did travel to Nanching on at least one occasion. According to an account in a number of early Zen annals, one day when Tao-hsin was in Emperor Wu’s old capital, he happened to notice the sky above Oxhead Mountain south of the city.
2009, Bill Porter, “No Work, No Food”, in Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 191
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