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Nei-chiang

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English

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Map including NEIJIANG (NEI-CHIANG) (DMA, 1988)

Etymology

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From Mandarin 內江 / 内江 (Nèijiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nei⁴-chiang¹.[1]

Proper noun

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Nei-chiang

  1. Alternative form of Neijiang
    • 1938 April 5, J. Marvin Weller, edited by Harriet Weller, Caravan Across China[2], San Francisco, CA: March Hare Publishing, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 367, 369:
      By 7:00 P.M. we had traveled 210 kilometers and reached this place, called Nei-chiang, a small inland city boasting electric lights but without other modern conveniences.[...]
      We returned to Nei-chiang in the early afternoon. As it was too late to start out for Chungking, we just sat around here for the rest of the day.
    • [1959, Eleutherius Winance, translated by Emeric A. Lawrence, The Communist Persuasion: A Personal Experience of Brainwashing[3], New York: P. J. Kennedy, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:
      On February 7, 1952, I found myself at the Nei-Chiang railroad station in Szechwan.]
    • 2008, “Court Paintings of The Palace Museum- Beijing”, in Chinese Proverbs: Essence of Ancient Wisdom[4], 4th edition, FormAsia Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:
      Chang Dai-chien was born 10 May 1899, in Nei-chiang, Sichuan, the ninth child of a wealthy family, Resisting a business career, he entered a Biddhist monastery before beginning intensive familiarisation with Chinese calligraphy and painting at the age of 19.

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References

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  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 359:Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: [] (2) the Wade-Giles system, [] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, [] Neikiang (Nei-chiang, Neijiang)

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