Shao-kuan

Shaokuan English Etymology From en cmn 韶關 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Shao²-kuan¹. Pronunciation shouʹgwänʹ Proper noun 1 1 en Shaoguan. en 1976 w:C. Martin Wilbur Molding Influences and the Career Line Sun Yat-sen: Frustrated Patriot https://archive.org/details/sunyatsenfrustra0000wilb/ w:Columbia University Press 0-231-04036-9 799215040 31 https://archive.org/details/sunyatsenfrustra0000wilb/page/31/ The next four months were stormy. Dr. Sun "dismissed" Governor Ch'en, who withdrew to Huichow (Waichow). Then on May 11, Sun launched his campaign into Kiangsi from Shao-kuan, which was the head of the railway from Canton northward. en 1983 w:C. Martin Wilbur The Nationalist Revolution in China, 1923-1928 https://archive.org/details/nationalistrevol00wilb_0/ w:Cambridge University Press 0-521-31864-5 84-9588 246532584 55 https://archive.org/details/nationalistrevol00wilb_0/page/55/ A railway led northwards from Canton about 140 miles to Shao-kuan, from which point there was a toilsome ascent to a pass and a 30-mile portage to a tributary of the Hsiang River, which flows northwards through Hunan towards the Yangtze. en 1999 w:Chiang Kuei Timothy A. Ross A Translation of the Chinese Novel Chung-yang (Rival Suns) by Chiang Kuei (1908-1980) https://archive.org/details/translationofchi00chia/ w:Edwin Mellen Press 0-7734-8188-5 98-31939 40200175 111 https://archive.org/details/translationofchi00chia/page/111/ One evening, three days later, Liu Shao-ch'iao told Hung T'ung-yeh that the Revolutionary Army of Kwangtung, having already pacified the interior of that province, was preparing to launch the Northern Expedition. The main force of the Northern Expedition army would come down from Shao-kuan upon Hunan and Hupei. Translations Shaoguan