Chih-chiang

English

Map including Chih-chiang (Ma-chia-tien) (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 枝江 (Zhījiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chih¹-chiang¹.

Proper noun

Chih-chiang

1. Alternative form of Zhijiang
   • 1967, Philip Yampolsky, “Introduction: Ch’an in the Eighth Century”, in The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:

     Of the Wei family, he was born in 582 in Chih-chiang in Ching-chou.⁴² Wandering from temple to temple, he gave his efforts to helping the starving.

     ⁴² Chih-chiang hsien, Hupeh.

   • 1970, Ts'ui-jung Liu, “DIKE CONSTRUCTION IN CHING-CHOU A Study Based on the "T'i-fang chih" Section of the Ching-chou fu-chih”, in Papers on China‎^[2], volume 23, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 3, 2020, page 3:

     As for dikes in Chih-chiang 枝江, although they were built on the sand banks of the Yangtze, there is no record for their length.

   • 1981, Yu Lu, You Lu, Chun-shu Chang, Joan Smythe, South China in the Twelfth Century: A Translation of Lu Yu's Travel Diaries, July 3 - December 6, 1170‎^[3], Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:

     We moored at Kuan-tzu Mouth,⁶⁷ which is between the two cities of Sung-tzu and Chih-chiang (modern Chih-chiang Hsien, Hupeh). Sung-tzu was a hsien under the Chin, and from there one enters the Shu River.⁶⁸ Chih-chiang was a hsien under the Tʻang, and anciently was the State of Lo.⁶⁹

   • 1990, George Bishop, Travels in Imperial China‎^[4], Cassell, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 126:

     As the boat glided along the river, they caught sight of the high mountains rising behind Chih-chiang.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chih-chiang.

Translations

Zhijiang — see Zhijiang