Nan-ching

Origin

From Chinese Wade-Giles romanization: Nan²-ching¹.

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1. Alternative form of en
• 1865, David Field Rennie, M.D., Peking and the PekingeseSeptember 6th.-The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.
• 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, ChinaAside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°-44°C (110°-112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.
• 1974, John H. Winkelman, The Imperial Library in Southern Sung China, 1127-1279 : A Study of the Organization and Operation of the Scholarly Agencies of the Central GovernmentEarly in the summer of 1127 the emperor was located near the city of Nan-ching just south of the Yangtze River.
• 2001, Dictionary of Christian BiographyIn spite of illness he visited many of the missions, taking up residence at Nan-ching (Nanjing) in 1692. He was named vicar apostolic of Shan-hsi, arriving there in May 1701.

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