Huguang

húguāng Húguǎng English Alternative forms en Huquam Huquang Fuquam Hooquang Huquang Houquang obsolete en Hoo-kwang Postal en Hu-kuang Hukuang Wade-Giles Etymology Borrowed from en cmn 湖廣. Pronunciation ho͞o′gwäng′Hukwang or Hu-kuang 812 2 en Hu guang Proper noun en historical en former province c/China. en 1671 Arnoldus Montanus w:John Ogilby Atlas Chinensis https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_atlas-chinensis-being-a_dapper-olfert_1671/ nl London Tho. Johnson 11283434 517 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_atlas-chinensis-being-a_dapper-olfert_1671/page/517/ THis Province of Huquang, divided in the middle by the River Kiang, into a Northern and Southern part, is not inferior to the others in bigneſs ; for it begins in the South in twenty ſix Degrees and twenty Minutes Northern-Latitude, and ends in thirty four Degrees, a Tract of hundred thirty ſeven Leagues and a half ; its length extends to ſeven Degrees, a Tract of a hundred fifty five Leagues. on en 2009 Yingcong Dai Military Finance of the High Qing Period: An Overview w:Nicola Di Cosmo Military Culture in Imperial China https://archive.org/details/militaryculturei0000unse/ Cambridge, Massachusetts; London w:Harvard University Press 978-0-674-03109-8 2008030546 225874251 299 https://archive.org/details/militaryculturei0000unse/page/299/ In 1703, Kangxi made a significant concession to the military officials in Huguang province (which later became Hubei and Hunan provinces). He endorsed a proposal by the governor-general of the Huguang province that allowed officers a certain number of so-called qinding or suiding—both meaning “retainers” or “servant soldiers”’—who were supposed to function as officers’ personal servants and not to be counted in the combat force. Translations historical province Chinese: Cantonese: yue 湖廣 Mandarin: cmn 湖廣 Japanese: ja 湖広 ここう, Kokō Korean: ko Manchu: mnc ᡥᡡ ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ, mnc ᡥᡡᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ References