nan-ch'ang

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."
• "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."
• "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?"
• "On his way there, he learned of the rebellion of the Prince of Ning at Nan-ch'ang and organized forces against that threat, capturing the prince and the town in little more than a month."
• "Ch’en struck first at Nan-ch’ang, 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."