Juguang

See also: jǔguāng

English

Alternative forms

• Chukuang (Wade–Giles)
• Jyuguang (Tongyong Pinyin)

Etymology

Late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莒光 (Jǔguāng, literally “the glory of Ju”). The glory of Ju references the spirit of recovering a lost country following the example of Tian Dan when he recovered the state of Qi from the small base area of Ju; the spirit of building a hardworking, thrifty military to carry forward the mission of the recovery of lost territory. By analogy, to apply to the situation of the Republic of China on Taiwan and mainland China under the People's Republic of China.

Proper noun

Juguang

1. A rural township and island group of Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
   • 1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) He, “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”, in Daily Report: China‎^[2], numbers 96-056, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 76, column 1:

     Located at the northern end of the exercise area, Mazu Dao consists of Dongju [Tungchu] and Xiju [Hsichu] Islets. Formerly under the administration of Fujian's Lianjiang County, it is now called Four Townships and Five Islets. Prior to the Spring Festival, residents on Mazu's Juguang [Chukuang] Islet^[sic] grew anxious amid reports that the mainland military would soon conduct exercises. Some residents withdrew their bank deposits. On 17 March, more than 70 island residents left for Taiwan on the Navy's AP [expansion unknown] transport ship. According to island residents, some 150 people plan to leave the island temporarily, and they account for one half of the current population.

   • [2005 September 9, “President Chen Receives the Delegation from the Chinese-American Elected Officials”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)]‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 March 2023:

     The president said that from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. he had travelled to the Matsu County to visit seven of its islands, including Nangang, Beigan, Dongyin, Liangdao, Gaodeng, and the Jyuguang island.]

   • [2019 March 16, Chia-nan Lin, “Kinmen halts transport of pork due to infected swine”, in Taipei Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2019, Front Page, page 1‎^[5]:

     It was the third infected pig carcass found in the nation’s outlying islands, following dead hogs found in Kinmen’s Jinsha Township (金沙) in December last year and in Lienchiang County’s Jyuguang Township (莒光) in January, Council of Agriculture data showed.]

   • 2021 February 5, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger”, in Peter Hirschberg, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 05 February 2021, APAC:

     DAMAGED CABLES
     On five occasions last year, the dredgers damaged undersea communication cables between Nangan and Juguang, another isle^[sic] in the Matsu group, the three Taiwanese officials told Reuters. Mobile phone and internet services for the islanders were disrupted, they said. There were no such incidents in 2019.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Juguang.

Synonyms

• Baiquan, White Dogs

Translations

insular rural township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莒光 (zh) (Jǔguāng)

Further reading

• Juguang, Chukuang, Chu-kuang at Google Ngram Viewer