Shiuhing

English Etymology From the en zh-postal -en 1915 March Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese). https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/ Second Shanghai Far Eastern Geographical Establishment 829435521 72 https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/72/ The romanisation adopted isthat used by the Chinese Post Office.Shiuhing zh 肇慶府 ”[Kwangtung] zh 廣東 23.5 N 112.27E borrowed from en yue 肇慶// siu6 hing3. Proper noun en dated en Zhaoqing: the Cantonese-derived name. en 1909 Hosea Ballou Morse The Gilds of China: With an Account of the Gild Merchant Or Co-hong of Canton https://archive.org/details/gildsofchinawith00morsuoft/ Longhams, Green and Co. 1310673 7084854M 71–72 https://archive.org/details/gildsofchinawith00morsuoft/page/70/ The Viceroy (Tsung-tu or Chih-tai) of the two provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi had his official residence in those days at Shiuhing, some fifty miles up-river from Canton, but was often at Canton at critical times. He was supreme in civil matters with in his jurisdiction, except for the independent jurisdiction of the Hoppo, and was ultimately responsible for maintaining law and order. en https://archive.org/details/observationsorie00walsuoft/mode/2up 1919 James A. Walsh Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission Fields in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America 185820 6618663M 221 https://archive.org/details/observationsorie00walsuoft/page/n355/mode/ I could sleep that night at the Mission and leave (if in luck) very early the next morning, or I could take the "great steamer" from Wuchow, due to stop that night at eleven o'clock at Shiuhing on its way through to Hongkong. This latter arrangement seemed easy, especially when I learned that at the water's edge there was a large sampan expressly reserved for waiting passengers; and it was decided that I should go on directly to Hongkong, leaving Father Gauthier to rest at Shiuhing and to return the next day to Canton. en 1957 w:Jerome D'Souza Thomas J. M. Burke Giants of Asia Beyond All Horizons: Jesuits and the Missions https://archive.org/details/beyondallhorizon00burk/ Garden City, New York w:Hanover House 57-7378 1266400 92 https://archive.org/details/beyondallhorizon00burk/page/92/ The hopes of Valignano were not belied. In three months Ricci had learned more Chinese than Ruggieri had in three years. The fame of his knowledge of the sciences had reached the mainland, and sometime in 1583 a messenger from the Governor of Kwangtung, Wan P'an, came to Macao inviting Ricci and Ruggieri to Shiuhing. The missionaries were overjoyed. Carefully and discreetly they sailed up the West River and reached Shiuhing. en 1995 1991 w:Jean Lacouture Jeremy Leggatt Jésuites: Une Multibiographie Jesuits: A Multibiography https://archive.org/details/jesuits00jean/ Washington, D.C. Counterpoint (publisher) Counterpoint 1-887178-05-8 95-34002 32855376 8707861M 185 https://archive.org/details/jesuits00jean/page/185/ For in fact, a month after his fleeting sojourn in Shiuhing had begun, Ruggieri sent his companion Mendes back to Macao to report on the mission's happy beginnings. References