Hangchou

Hang-chou English Etymology From en cmn - 杭州 Wade-Giles romanization: Hang²-chou¹. Proper noun en Hangzhou. en https://archive.org/details/kukungtsyehhsantK95kguol/ 1971 Masterpieces of Chinese Album Painting in the National Palace Museum Taipei 124 The Emperor Kao-tsung (1107-1162), whose official name was Kou, and whose familiar name was Te-chi, was the ninth son of the Emperor Hui-tsung. At first he was entitled Prince of K'ang, but on the two emperors Hui-tsung and Ch'in-tsung being taken north as prisoners by the Khitan he established himself as emperor in Hangchou. en https://archive.org/details/gardensofchinahi00morr/ 1983 0-684-17959-8 The Gardens of China Edwin T. Morris w:Charles Scribner's Sons 16 The Sung Dynasty is divided into a Northern and Southern Sung, the former when the capital was at Kaifeng, and the latter when Hangchou was the capital. en 1994 Julie Landau Beyond Spring https://archive.org/details/beyondspringtzup00land/ w:Columbia University Press 0-231-09678-X 93-46479 906633579 1434597M 227 https://archive.org/details/beyondspringtzup00land/page/227/ When the dust settled, there was the Chin dynasty with its own emperor plus two Sung emperors as prisoners in the north, and Kao-tsung, the first emperor of the Southern Sung, in Hangchou. Translations Hangzhou References