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Ma-ch'eng
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Macheng
English
thumb|Map including MA-CH'ENG (Army Map Service AMS, 1961)
Etymology
From en cmn 麻城, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ma²-chʻêng².
Proper noun
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en Macheng.
en 1966 w:David S. Nivison 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/ The magistrate of Ma-ch'eng in Hupeh engaged Chang to compile a local history for his district.
en 1982 John Meskill Academies in Ming China: A Historical Essay https://archive.org/details/academiesinmingc00mesk/ Tucson, AZ w:University of Arizona Press 0-8165-0771-6 81-24083 1015084855 113 https://archive.org/details/academiesinmingc00mesk/page/113/ :zh:耿定向 Keng came from Ma-ch'eng, Hukuang, won his chin-shih in 1556, and went on to a full official life, rising to be minister of Revenue.
en 1992 c. 1600 Yüan Hung-tao w:Jonathan Chaves Pilgrim of the Clouds https://archive.org/details/pilgrimofcloudsp00ya/ w:Weatherhill 0-8348-0257-0 92-19892 981384151 90 https://archive.org/details/pilgrimofcloudsp00ya/page/90 My friend Ch'iu Chang-ju of Ma-ch'eng traveled east to the Wu area, and then traveled back to T'uan-feng with thirty jars of water from Hui Mountain Stream.
Translations
Macheng