Liu-chou

English

Map including LIU-CHOU (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 柳州 (Liǔzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu³-chou¹.

Proper noun

Liu-chou

1. Alternative form of Liuzhou
   • 1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird‎^[1], University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 95:

     He has also left a sacrificial ode to the manes of his fever-ridden young friend Liu Tsung-yüan, who had died at his post in Liu-chou in 819, with an offering "to the numen of my departed friend, Liu Tzu-hou."

   • 1973, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., “Life and Works”, in Liu Tsung-yüan‎^[2], New York: Twayne Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:

     While Liu Yü-hsi traveled southeastward overland, Liu Tsung-yüan journeyed southwestward through Yung-chou, his former place of exile, and Kuei-chou (modern Kweilin) to Liu-chou.

   • 1998, “Liu Tsung-Yüan”, in Encyclopedia of World Biography‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 9, Gale Research, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 455–456:

     In spring 815 Liu and the other subprefects were summoned back by the Emperor to Ch'ang-an. He was filled with hope of reprieve and a new position at court, but to his disappointment, he was sent farther away from the capital as governor of Liu-chou in Kwangsi Province, an aboriginal region infested with malaria and other subtropical diseases. The people therewere supersitious and impoverished, and banditry was rife.

Translations

Liuzhou — see Liuzhou

Further reading

• “Liu-chou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.