Shih-shou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 石首 (Shíshǒu) Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-shou³.

Proper noun

Shih-shou

1. Alternative form of Shishou
   • 1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea‎^[1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 400‎^[2]:

     At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.
     Under the Han, formed part of the Hsien of Hua-jung. The Chin detached rom^{[sic – meaning from]} it the Shih-shou Hsien, which, suppressed by the earlier Sung, was re-established by the T’ang (621) and since the Ming dynasty has been a dependency of the Fu of Ching-chou.

   • 1959 [1880], Ping-ti Ho, “Catastrophic Deterrents”, in Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953‎^[3], Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 254:

     Shih-shou county, where the dike broke, had further epidemics in summer which caused innumerable deaths. Chien-li and Sung-tze counties likewise suffered from epidemics and serious famine.

   • 1966, David S. Nivison, “The Historian's Craft”, in The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801)‎^[4], Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:

     Following this Chang wrote, at Pi Yüan’s request, two others — for Ch’ang-te prefecture in Hunan and Ching-chou prefecture in Hupeh (1792-93). In 1792 he went over the manuscript of still another (of Shih-shou district in Ching-chou), again at Pi’s asking.

Translations

Shishou — see Shishou