Fangcheng

See also: fāngchéng

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 方城.

Proper noun

Fangcheng

1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
   • [1972 [Eastern Han], Hsün Yüeh, “Supported by Elder Brother”, in T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, transl., edited by Jack L. Dull, Han Social Structure‎^[1], Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, sourced from 漢紀 50:1a SPTK ed., translation of original in Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 266–267:

     Chang Shih-chih,⁷¹ whose style was Chi, was a native of Che-yang⁷² of the Nan-yang commandery.

     ⁷² Che-yang 者陽 prefecture was located in modern Fang-ch’eng county in Honan.]

   • 1994 February 16, Daniel Southerl, “CHINESE DETAIN 7 CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS -- 3 FROM U.S.”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 October 2023‎^[3]:

     The raid was conducted in a village about 27 miles south of Fangcheng, a city in Henan province in central China.

   • 2003, David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power‎^[4], Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75:

     Quan Zhaoquan remembers that period well. A resident of Guan Zhuang village in Yangji Township, in Henan’s Fangcheng County, he was the village leader in 1968, a position frequently targeted by Red Guards looking for “capitalist-roaders,” as followers of Mao’s political target Liu Shaoqi were often called.

   • 2016 November 23, “BRIEF-Guangdong Chant Group signs biomass power project, investment about 320 mln yuan”, in Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 24 November 2016, Consumer Goods and Retail‎^[6]:

     Guangdong Chant Group Inc. :
     * Says it signed biomass power project with investment at about 320 million yuan in Fangcheng County, Henan Province

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方城 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fangcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 1

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 防城 (Fángchéng).

Proper noun

Fangcheng

1. A district of Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China.
   • [1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, “Middle Years of the Post-Boxer Decade, II: Revolution”, in China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895-1913‎^[8], Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115:

     Finally, at the beginning of September, the commanders of the two companies of Kwangsi troops defending the unwalled district city of Fang-ch’eng, west of Ch’in-chou, abruptly defected to the revolutionary side. Why they defected is not clear. A native of Kwangsi himself, Wang may have played upon their common provincial ties; or he may have bribed them. In any case, with their help, Wang Ho-shun and several hundred followers captured Fang-ch’eng without a fight on September 3.]

   • 1979 August 25, “China Accuses Vietnam of Raids And Artillery Attack Near Border”, in The New York Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-03-10, page 4‎^[10]:

     The agency also said there was an attack in Fangcheng County in Guanxi^{[sic – meaning Guangxi]} Province and artillery fire directed against Yunnan Province

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 防城 (zh) (Fángchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fangcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[11], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 1