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Jingzhao
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Jīngzhào
English
Etymology
The atonal en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 京兆.
Pronunciation
jĭng′jou′
en Jing zhao
Proper noun
en historical Administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), Shaanxi, China.
en 1993 Thomas L. Kennedy Notes Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942 https://archive.org/details/testimonyofconfu0000zeng/ w:University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1509-5 92-22989 26129546 151 https://archive.org/details/testimonyofconfu0000zeng/page/151/ According to tradition, Luzu zh 呂祖 was from Jingzhao Prefecture, in which Changan zh ^長安, the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong zh 河中 Prefecture, the present-day Yongji zh 永濟 District of Shanxi.
en 2004 Christopher P. Atwood Lian Xixian (Lien Hsi-hsien) Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000atwo/ w:Facts on File 0-8160-4671-9 52901464 332 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000atwo/page/332/ 2 From 1254 to 1257 Qubilai appointed Lian Xixian to head the newly created Pacification Commission in Jingzhao (modern Xi’an), where he concentrated on enforcing existing decrees from ÖGEDEI KHAN’s reign (1229-41), limiting interest to an amount equal to the principal and emancipating all Confucian scholars held in slavery.
en Places in China