Shang-ch'iu

English
Map including SHANG-CH'IU (KWEITEH) (walled) 商邱) (AMS, 1955) →OCLC

Etymology

From Mandarin 商丘／商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.[1]

Proper noun

Shang-ch'iu

  1. Alternative form of Shangqiu
    • 1961, Cyril Birch, Chinese Myths and Fantasies‎, New York: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:
      A certain lady, a member of a wealthy family of Shang-ch'iu, had been left a fine property by her late husband.
    • 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time‎, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 93-94:
      In the winter of 633 BC Chʻu had besieged Shang-chʻiu, the capital of Sung, then an ally of Chin, and in the following spring Duke Wen led a large force to drive off the attackers.

Translations
Shangqiu — see Shangqiu

References
  1. Shangqiu, Wade-Giles romanization Shang-ch’iu, in Encyclopædia Britannica
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