Shih-shou

English Etymology From en cmn 石首 Shíshǒu en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Shih²-shou³. Proper noun 1 1 en Shishou. en 1912 Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/ Hachette & Company 58389296 400 https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/page/400/ https://books.google.com/books?id=lkNMAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA400 At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.Under the Han, formed part of the Hsien of Hua-jung. The Chin detached romfrom it the Shih-shou Hsien, which, suppressed by the earlier Sung, was re-established by the T’ang (621) and since the Ming dynasty has been a dependency of the Fu of Ching-chou. en 1959 1880 w:Ping-ti Ho Catastrophic Deterrents Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953 https://archive.org/details/studiesonpopulat00hebi/ w:Harvard University Press 59-12970 185605317 254 https://archive.org/details/studiesonpopulat00hebi/page/254/ Shih-shou county, where the dike broke, had further epidemics in summer which caused innumerable deaths. Chien-li and Sung-tze counties likewise suffered from epidemics and serious famine. en 1966 w:David S. Nivison The Historian's Craft The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801) https://archive.org/details/lifethoughtofcha0000nivi/ w:Stanford University Press 65-13112 906052523 5942329M 208 https://archive.org/details/lifethoughtofcha0000nivi/page/208/ Following this Chang wrote, at Pi Yüan’s request, two others — for Ch’ang-te prefecture in Hunan and Ching-chou prefecture in Hupeh (1792-93). In 1792 he went over the manuscript of still another (of Shih-shou district in Ching-chou), again at Pi’s asking. Translations Shishou