Chiang-ling

English thumb|Map including Chiang-ling (Ching-chou) (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 江陵, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chiang¹-ling². Proper noun 1 1 en Jiangling. en 1972 Chang Kwang-chih Major Aspects of Ch'u Archaeology Early Chinese Art and its Possible Influence in the Pacific Basin https://archive.org/details/earlychinesearti0001unse/ 1 79-92798 963664402 5 https://archive.org/details/earlychinesearti0001unse/page/5/ The archaeology of the Ch'u zh 楚 has no traditional status or boundary unlike such rigorously defined fields as the archaeology of the Shang, the Minoans, and even the Mayas. Scholars of early China are familiar with a State of Ch'u described in the Shih-chi zh 史記 (ch. 40) that emerged after a legendary ancestry during the reign of Ch'eng Wang zh 成王 of the Chou toward the end of the second millennium B. C. somewhere in central China. It grew in size and stature during the late Western Chou period, established a capital and power centre near Chiang-ling zh 江陵 on the Yangtze in modern Hupei in 689, expanded its rule to a vast area from the upper Huai-ho zh 淮河 to south of Lake Tung-t'ing zh 洞庭湖, and was finally subjugated by Ch'in zh 秦 in 223 B. C. en 1974 w:William Watson The Chinese Exhibition https://archive.org/details/chineseexhibitio00roya/ w:Times Newspapers 0-7230-0107-3 53654792 20026723M 93 https://archive.org/details/chineseexhibitio00roya/page/93/ This style flourished especially in the southern Ch'u kingdom, from whose noble tombs at Ch'angsha in Hunan and Chiang-ling in Hupei come some of the finest representative pieces. en 1999 w:Red Pine; Mike O'Connor The Clouds Should Know Me By Now https://archive.org/details/cloudsshouldknow00redp/ 0-86171-143-2 98-17768 918324365 45 https://archive.org/details/cloudsshouldknow00redp/page/45 In 921 Ch'i-chi was invited by Kao Tsung-hui, military commissioner of the Chiang-ling area in Hupei, to head a temple called the Lung-hsing-ssu in Chiang-ling. In 928 Kao became ruler of an independent kingdom called Nan-p'ing, or Ching-nan, with his capital at Chiang-ling, and Ch'i-chi was apparently able to live the remainder of his life in Chiang-ling, associating with many of the eminent poet-officials of the time and enjoying wide recognition for his literary activities. en Translations Jiangling Further reading en 1952 Kiangling or Chiang-ling Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 941 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/941/ 3