Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Ezhou.
So must the voice of the mysterious lady at O-chou have sounded in Po Chü-i's ears when he heard her singing on her boat at night;¹⁷ and he stood listening.
2000, Lady Murasaki, translated by Arthur Waley, The Tale of Genji, Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1463 more examples
Pʻei Yen-ling settled at O-chou on the middle Yangtze, where he devoted himself to historical scholarship, continuing and completing the famous commentary to the Shih-chi of Pei Yin, and acquiring some reputation as a scholar.
1962, Denis Twitchett, edited by Arthur F. Wright, Lu Chih (754-805) : Imperial Adviser and Court Official (Confucian Personalities), Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 90From the foregoing outline of the circulation of rice in the various provinces it is apparent that Lin-an (Hang-chou), Chien-kʻang (Nanking) and O-chou (Wu-chʻang) were central regional markets serving a large-scale long-distance trade freely carried on by merchants.
1970 [1968], Shiba Yoshinobu, translated by Mark Elvin, Commerce and Society in Sung China, published 1992, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 67Liu Chen had gone to the Wu area about 776 to begin mourning for his father. After the mourning period had elapsed, he was assigned to serve (ca. 783) in O-chou under Li Chien.
1973, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., “Life and Works”, in Liu Tsung-yüan, New York: Twayne Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 116
Origin
From Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: O⁴-chou¹.
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