Huojia

See also: huòjià

English

Alternative forms

• Huo-chia (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 獲嘉／获嘉.

Proper noun

Huojia

1. A county of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
   • [1969, James J. Y. Liu, “Biographical Sketch”, in The Poetry of Li Shang-yin‎^[1], Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 14:

     At the time of the poet’s birth, his father Li Ssu was serving as magistrate of Huo-chia district (in modern Honan).]

   • [1969, Hsinhua Selected News Items‎^[2], numbers 1-26, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 1:

     […] of the Kangtsun Commune in Huochia County in the central province of Honan have launched an upsurge in spring cultivation work and preparations for spring farming.]

   • [1978 July 17 [1978 July 10], “Make Revolution and Don't Practice 'Officials Covering Up For Officials'”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[3], volume I, number 137, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 3‎^[4]:

     Still others sternly criticize the inspection team of the Hsinhsiang Prefectural CCP Committee and the Huochia County CCP Committee for its attempt to cover up Comrade Liu Wen-hao. Comrade Ma Ming-hsi, secretary of the Huochia County CCP Committee and former leader of the Hsinhsiang Prefectural CCP Committee's work team stationed in Huochia County, also sent us a letter saying that he was willing to accept the criticism of newspapers and masses.]

   • 1980, “The Masses Dare to Speak”, in Hugh Thomas, transl., Comrade Editor: Letters to the People's Daily‎^[5], Hongkong: Joint Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 191–192:

     In February, we received a letter signed the poor and lower middle peasants of Xiaoxiguan Brigade located in Huojia County, Henan, exposing Liu Wenhao, a national government cadre in their brigade and the vice-director of the county external trade bureau, for his squandering and wastefulness in holding a wedding feast for his son. We sent the letter to the Chinese Communist Party Committee of Xinxiang Region, asking them to help us investigate. The Xinxiang Regional Committee, together with the Huojia County Committee, organized an investigation team to do some on-the-spot research.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲嘉／获嘉 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huojia”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1337, column 2