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Nanching
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Nan-ching
English
Proper noun
en Nanjing.
en 1973 July 1972 Cheng-siang Chen Chen Cheng-siang Changes in the Agricultural Landscape of China L. G. Reeds Agricultural Typology and Land Use https://archive.org/details/agriculturaltypo0000inte/ Hamilton, Ontario w:McMaster University 367387403 344 https://archive.org/details/agriculturaltypo0000inte/page/344/ Other large cities such as Nanching and Kuangchou have also achieved success in afforestation. The summer heat of Nanching is well known, but the present maximum temperature has dropped considerably.
en January 14, 1979 L. Chen End of ‘Peking' but now what? Free China Weekly https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-01-14_20_2/ XX 2 0016-0318 1786626 Taipei 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-01-14_20_2/page/n2/ We don’t know how soon this spelling will be accepted extensively elsewhere, but the city will be called “Peiping” (even though there is no peace there as the name suggests) by the free Chinese in Taiwan and the ROC Government will return to Nanking ("Nanching” or “Nanjing” depending on whether one uses the Wade or Yale system and meaning “southern capital”) when the mainland is recovered.
en 2009 Bill Porter No Work, No Food Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781593761325/ w:Counterpoint Press 1-59376-132-5 2008012043 214322713 191 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781593761325/page/191/ Although Tao-hsin didn’t travel to the capitals of Loyang or Ch’ang-an, he did travel to Nanching on at least one occasion. According to an account in a number of early Zen annals, one day when Tao-hsin was in Emperor Wu’s old capital, he happened to notice the sky above Oxhead Mountain south of the city.