An-chʻing

an·ching An-ch'ing English Etymology From en cmn 安慶, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: An¹-chʻing⁴. Proper noun 1 1 en Anqing. en 1880 Pʻu Sung-ling The Man Who was Thrown Down a Well w:Herbert A. Giles w:Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio I https://archive.org/details/strangestoriesfr01pu/ London Thos. De La Rue & Co. 680930 365 https://archive.org/details/strangestoriesfr01pu/page/n402/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STRANGE_STORIES_FROM_A_CHINESE_STUDIO.pdf MR. TAI, of An-chʻing, was a wild fellow when young. en 1885 21 December 1884 Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1884 https://archive.org/details/peking-gazette-1884/ Shanghai North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette 10969538 178 https://archive.org/details/peking-gazette-1884/page/178/ 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1884_Peking_Gazette.pdf Having volunteered for military service during the rebellion, he was present at the capture of An-chʻing and was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry, receiving a nomination to the post of Sub-director of Studies upon the occurrence of a vacancy. en May 16, 1890 April 17, 1890 Honours to a Deceased Military Officer. North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.05.16/ Shanghai XLIV 1189 311405954 594 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.05.16/page/594/ 3 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1890.05.16_North-China_Herald.pdf In 1858, the Governor of Kuangsi applied for his services, but the Viceroy Tsêng Kuo-fan, under whom he had served for a number of years and who recognised his value, declined to part with him. In 1860 he assisted in the defeat of the rebel reinforcements at the Hsiao-chʻih post station and took part in the capture of Taihu, investment of An-chʻing and destruction of the rebel camp at Linghu. For his services in the capture of Anchʻing he was rewarded with the title of Baturu and placed on the list of Brigade Generals. He was next sent to Chihchow in Anhui to make reconnaissances of the country and occupy the commanding situations. en 1904 C. D. Tenney The Chinese Empire Geography of Asia https://archive.org/details/geographyofasia00tennrich/ London; New York Macmillan and Co., Limited; The Macmillan Company 182639088 14 https://archive.org/details/geographyofasia00tennrich/page/14/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geography_of_Asia_Charles_Daniel_Tenney.pdf ANHUI (zh 安徽).The capital, An-chʻing (zh 安慶府), is situated on the Yangtzŭ River. en 1932 Hong Xiuquan HUNG HSIU-CHʻÜAN w:The Encyclopedia Americana XIV https://archive.org/details/encyclop14ediaamernewy/ New York; Chicago Americana Corporation 12622801 499 https://archive.org/details/encyclop14ediaamernewy/page/499/ 1 He then adopted the term “Heavenly Dynasty of Perfect Peace” (Taiping Kwoh), styling himself the Heavenly King; and working his way northward in 1853, he captured Wu-chʻang and all the other cities on the Yang-tsze down to An-chʻing, en Usage notes In An-chʻing, ʻ marks aspiration. Thomas Francis Wade prescribed an “inverted comma” for this purpose,en 1886 Wade Thomas Francis Thomas Francis Wade Walter Caine Hillier Yü Yen Tzŭ Êrh Chi https://archive.org/details/yyentzuerhchip01wadeuoft/ 2nd I Shanghai Kelly & Walsh 7 https://archive.org/details/yyentzuerhchip01wadeuoft/page/7/ and historical publications used varying comma-like glyphs for the mark. The character used in this entry is the Unicode modifier letter turned comma (U+02BB). An ordinary apostrophe is also frequently substituted for the aspiration mark, as in An-ch'ing. References