Ching-chou

English thumb|Map including Chiang-ling (Ching-chou) (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1975) Etymology From en cmn 荊州, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ching¹-chou¹.Jingzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Ching-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Jingzhou. en 1900 w:Isabella L. Bird HANKOW TO ICHANG The Yangtze Valley and Beyond https://archive.org/details/yangtzevalleybey00bird_0/ 1 1181731179 14622424M 132 https://archive.org/details/yangtzevalleybey00bird_0/page/132/ Now, as formerly, Ching-chou is regarded as one of the most important strategical positions in China. en http://ir.sinica.edu.tw/bitstream/201000000A/37403/1/Dike+Construction+in+Ching-chou%3A+A+Study+Based+on+the+%22T%27i-fang+chih%22+Section+of+the+Ching-chou+fu-chih.pdf 1970 DIKE CONSTRUCTION IN CHING-CHOU A Study Based on the "T'i-fang chih" Section of the Ching-chou fu-chih Ts'ui-jung Liu 23 Papers on China 1 3 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200603020139/http://ir.sinica.edu.tw/bitstream/201000000A/37403/1/Dike+Construction+in+Ching-chou%3A+A+Study+Based+on+the+%22T%27i-fang+chih%22+Section+of+the+Ching-chou+fu-chih.pdf 3 June 2020 Protection of lives and property of the people in Ching-chou zh 荊州 prefecture depended greatly upon the solidity of the dikes built along the Yangtze River and its tributaries that flowed through the area. en 1986 w:Kang-i Sun Chang Six Dynasties Poetry https://archive.org/details/sixdynastiespoet0000chan/ w:Princeton University Press 0-691-06669-8 802887358 124 https://archive.org/details/sixdynastiespoet0000chan/page/124/ To Hsieh T'iao it all came as a surprise. In 490 he was offered a prestigious position as Prince Sui's wen-hsüeh (literary scholar) and was to follow Prince Sui far west to Ching-chou in modern Hupei, then a growing city as flourishing as Chien-k'ang. en 2011 Amit Bhattacharyya The Chinese Civilization Hsia to the Ch'in Dynasty 2207 BC-206 BC https://archive.org/details/chinesecivilizat0000bhat/ Rachayita 978-81-921014-0-8 1112368375 75–76 https://archive.org/details/chinesecivilizat0000bhat/page/75/ According to narrative sources, the Chous sent the "obstreperous Yins" to work on the construction of their second capital Ching-chou; later they must have been used as slave-labourers on the crown-estate. Translations Jingzhou References Anagrams en ccghhinou chin cough chincough