Liu-chou

English thumb|Map including LIU-CHOU (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 柳州 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Liu³-chou¹.Liuzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Liu-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Liuzhou. en 1967 w:Edward H. Schafer The Vermilion Bird https://archive.org/details/vermilionbirdtan00scha/ w:University of California Press 67-10463 802763855 5533953M 95 https://archive.org/details/vermilionbirdtan00scha/page/95/ He has also left a sacrificial ode to the manes of his fever-ridden young friend Liu Tsung-yüan, who had died at his post in Liu-chou in 819, with an offering "to the numen of my departed friend, Liu Tzu-hou." en 1973 w:William H. Nienhauser, Jr. Life and Works Liu Tsung-yüan https://archive.org/details/liutsungyuan0000unse/ New York w:Twayne Publishers 72-3183 689320 39 https://archive.org/details/liutsungyuan0000unse/page/39/ While Liu Yü-hsi traveled southeastward overland, Liu Tsung-yüan journeyed southwestward through Yung-chou, his former place of exile, and Kuei-chou (modern Kweilin) to Liu-chou. en https://archive.org/details/ency9clopediaofwo00gale/ 1998 Liu Tsung-Yüan Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd 9 w:Gale Research 0-7876-2549-3 97-42327 1072134881 455–456 https://archive.org/details/ency9clopediaofwo00gale/page/455/ In spring 815 Liu and the other subprefects were summoned back by the Emperor to Ch'ang-an. He was filled with hope of reprieve and a new position at court, but to his disappointment, he was sent farther away from the capital as governor of Liu-chou in Kwangsi Province, an aboriginal region infested with malaria and other subtropical diseases. The people therewere supersitious and impoverished, and banditry was rife. Translations Liuzhou References Further reading