Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zizhong.
In 1927 and 1928, the city was the headquarters of a garrison area that stretched from Tzu-chung county to the west through the rich sugar-producing region around Nei-chiang, eastward to Nan-ch'uan near the Kweichow border.
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 1531 more example
There are, of course, a number of counties where the descendants of pre-Ch'ing natives still constitute a significant portion of the local population. Tzu-chung county, midway between Ch'eng-tu and Chungking testifies: Tsu-chung does not have any native clans that can be traced back more than six hundred years. [Among the old clans] six- or seven- tenths came from Hupei during the early Ming period.
1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 141
Origin
- Mandarin資中 /资中
- EnglishTzu-chung
From Mandarin 資中 /资中 (Zīzhōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tzŭ¹-chung¹.
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