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.

Proper noun

Shang-ch'iu

1. Alternative form of Shangqiu
   • 1961, Cyril Birch, Chinese Myths and Fantasies‎^[1], 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.

   • 1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization‎^[2], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5:

     Wang Kuo-wei 王國維, however, has convincingly demonstrated that Shang was located in eastern Honan, near the present city Shang-chʹiu 商丘.¹¹ Wangʹs view is widely accepted by modern historians.¹²

   • 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time‎^[3], 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shang-ch'iu.

Translations

Shangqiu — see Shangqiu