Yung-ch'ang

A form of Yongchang — A county of Jinchang, Gansu, in northwestern China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Yongchang.

    In March 1647, three years after the Manchus had first occupied Beijing, Chang Shang, the governor of Kansu Province, was on an inspection tour. By March 4 he had reached Yung-ch'ang, a county lying just within the Great Wall.

    2019, Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, “Mandate of Heaven”, in The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 209
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    In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[…]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch’ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials."

    1981, “Mid-Century Rebels”, in Jeh-hang Lai, transl., edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Chinese Civilization and Society: A Sourcebook, New York: The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 230, column 2

    The following year ten thosuand Hsiung-nu cavalry invaded Shang-ku,⁹⁶ but in 121 B.C. General Huo Ch’ü-ping, at the head of ten thousand cavalry, setting off from Lung-hsi⁹⁷ marched for over one thousand li, crossed the Yen-chih Mountains,⁹⁸ and attacked the Hsiung-nu.

    2002, Nicola Di Cosmo, “From Peace to War: China's Shift from Appeasement to Military Engagement”, in Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 239

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Origin

  1. Mandarin永昌
  2. EnglishYung-ch'ang

From Mandarin 永昌 (Yǒngchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chʻang¹.

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