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Chichun
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Etymology
From en cmn 蘄春 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chʻi²-chʻun¹.
Proper noun
en Qichun.
en 1960 Chang Hui-chien<t:zh 張慧劍> Boyhood Li Shih-chen— Great Pharmacologist of Ancient China https://archive.org/details/lishihchengreatp00chan/ Peking w:Foreign Languages Press 731045883 1 https://archive.org/details/lishihchengreatp00chan/page/1/ Chichow is the present seat of Chichow Township, now under the jurisdiction of Chichun County, in Hupeh Province.
en 1978 Yu-min Chuang (Yu-ming Chong)<t:zh 莊育民> The Development of Moxibustion<t:zh 灸的發展史> Historical Review of the Development of the Chinese Acupuncture<t:zh 中國鐵灸發展史> https://archive.org/details/zhongguozhenjiuf00zhua/ Taipei 476683302 27 https://archive.org/details/zhongguozhenjiuf00zhua/page/27/ Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.), it is universally agreed that the moxa from Chichun county, Hupeh province is the best and most famous one. Therefore, the best Moxa is also called "Chi Moxa" (zh 蘄艾).
en 22 September 1978 18 September 1978 Hupeh Memorial for Pharmacologist Daily Report: People's Republic of China I 185 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043579054&seq=143 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Peking NCNA 0892-0141 1113433 People's Republic of China: Central-South Region H 2 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043579054&seq=180 A memorial hall to Li Shih-chen is being built in Chichun County, Hupeh Province, where the great Ming Dynasty pharmacologist was born.
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