Meanings
- 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 2092 more examples
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 2The 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin永昌
- EnglishYung-ch'ang
From Mandarin 永昌 (Yǒngchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chʻang¹.
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