Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Wuxi.
One of the most famous shu-yüan academies established in China, the Tung-lin Academy was located southeast of the city of Wu-hsi, in Kiangsu province.
2005, Rodney Leon Taylor, “Tung-lin Academy”, in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Confucianism, volume 2, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 637, column 12 more examples
More often, the reverse appeared to be the case: government officials were on the scene, but their own antiforeign sentiments prevented their taking action against the rioters, as at Nanking and Wu-hsi.
1976, Charlton M. Lewis, “Literati Antiforeignism: Hunan and the Riots of 1891”, in Prologue to the Chinese Revolution: The Transformation of Ideas and Institutions in Hunan Province, 1891-1907, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22Instead of withdrawing to newly built fortifications along the Shanghai-Nanjing (Nanking) railway line at Wuxi (Wu-hsi), the Nationalists fell back on their capital of Nanjing, which became the next Japanese target.
2011, Spencer C. Tucker, “Battle of Shanghai”, in Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 455
Origin
- Mandarin無錫 /无锡
- EnglishWu-hsi
From Mandarin 無錫 /无锡 (Wúxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu-hsi.
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