Nan-ch'ang

See also: Nanchang, nánchāng, and Nánchāng

English

Map including NAN-CH'ANG (NANCHANG) (AMS, 1961)

Etymology

From Mandarin 南昌 (Nánchāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-chʻang¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nänʹchängʹ

Proper noun

Nan-ch'ang

1. Alternative form of Nanchang
   • 1898 October, “Missionary Conference held at Kuling, Central China, August 22nd to 25th, 1898”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal‎^[2], volume 39, number 10, page 496:

     He spoke of the great demand for books. Had sold as many as fifty Bibles in one day. Has sold Bibles to nearly all the officials in the Nan-ch'ang prefecture and has several orders in hand for books of good binding.

   • [1958, Conrad Brandt, “A Defeat out of Victory and a Devil out of the Machine”, in Stalin's Failure in China, 1924-1927‎^[3], number 31, Cambridge, Mass.: Russian Research Center, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143:

     The small group around Ch’en Tu-hsiu that had remained at headquarters hastily sent an emissary — Chang Kuo-t’ao — to Nanch’ang. Though Chang set out immediately, he did not reach Nanch’ang until July 31, the day before the rising.]

   • [1966, John E. Rue, “The General Front Committee”, in Mao Tse-tung in Opposition, 1927-1935‎^[4], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 215:

     The First Army Corps attacked Nanch'ang on August 1, but failed to capture it. […] In the meantime, P'eng's Third Army Corps had captured Ch'angsha on July 29 and proclaimed a soviet government of three provinces (Kiangsi, Hunan, and Hupeh), with Li Li-san as its chairman in absentia.]

   • 1980, Meng Han-ch'ing, “The Mo-Ho-Lo Doll”, in J. I. Crump, transl., Chinese Theater in the Days of Kublai Khan‎^[5], Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 311:

     It seems my nephew is about to leave here to sell his wares in Nan-ch'ang, and he told me he would come bid me farewell. I wonder why he's not here?

   • 1982, John Meskill, Academies in Ming China‎^[6], University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 70:

     On his way there, he learned of the rebellion of the Prince of Ning at Nan-chʻang and organized forces against that threat, capturing the prince and the town in little more than a month.

   • 1998, Chris Peers, Warlords of China 700 BC to AD 1662‎^[7], Arms and Armour, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141:

     Ch'en struck first at Nan-chʻang, a strategically important city on the shores of Lake P'o-yang, which emptied into the Yangtze from the south. The Han force was immense- it was later said to have numbered 600,000 men- and it must have seemed invincible.

   • 2005, Nigel Cawthorne, Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots and Dictators‎^[8], New York: Barnes & Noble, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 158:

     In 1927, Mao and his followers began a series of uprisings, the most notable being the Autumn Harvest Rising when his peasant army held the city of Nan-ch'ang for several days.

Translations

Nanchang — see Nanchang