Hsing-yang

English

Map including Hsing-yang (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 滎陽／荥阳 (Xíngyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsing²-yang².

Proper noun

Hsing-yang

1. Alternative form of Xingyang
   • 1922, Shigeyoshi Obata, transl., Li Po, the Chinese Poet‎^[1], →OCLC, page 180‎^[2]:

     These passages refer, of course, to the rebellion of An Lu-shan. General Ku Shu defended the Han-ku Pass, which is an older name for Tun Kuan. By the twin imperial cities the poet very probably means Hsing-yang and Chang-an, unless he means the latter and city of Lo-yang.

   • 1964, Frederick T. C. Yu, Mass Persuasion in Communist China‎^[3], Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 98–99:

     On August 11, the paper gave front-page coverage to Mao Tse-tung's inspection tour in Honan, where he had lavishly praised the performance of a "commune" there. "As long as we have a commune like this, there will be more communes," Mao was quoted . (The commune at Hsing-yang in Honan was one of the Communists' major experiments. What was done there was reported and popularized extensively, not only to inspire the nation but also to demonstrate it as a "model" to be followed.) Two days later, Mao was in Shantung and the paper headlined Mao's statement: "We should do well with communes. The advantage: to unite workers, peasants, merchants, intellectuals, and soldiers. Such a system will facilitate political guidance." By the middle of August, when the Politboro was reportedly meeting at Pai Tai Ho, stories suddenly mushroomed in Jen Min Jih Pao. There was a long article about a commune in Hsing-yang, Honan (August 18), another about one in Sinkiang (August 16), Chekiang (August 18), and Tientsin (August 19).

   • 2001, Alfred S. Bradford, With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World‎^[4], Praeger, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145:

     Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[5], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77:

     The recently discovered citadel at Ta-shih-ku in Hsing-yang, which was probably intended to project Hsia power at the limits of its domain, no doubt falls into this category of forward defenses.

Translations

Xingyang — see Xingyang