The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism.
Any of various types of cabbage.
Puff filled with cream or custard.
1They are practically small fus, Chining- chou having four hsiens under it.
2As we approached Chining-chou, the country became almost perfectly flat, a vast prairie.
3Between the fu and the hsien cities are a few chou cities as Chining-chou.
4The following proclamation posted on the wall of the yamen at Ching-chou-fu is a sample of hundreds:-
5But the loneliness of the missionary in Chining-chou is great, for he is far from congenial companionship.
6I-chou-fu, for example, is a prefectural city.
7From this view-point, Dr. Charles F. Johnson, who escorted me from Chining-chou to Tsing-tau, was a model.
8Dr. J. C. Garritt, Hang chou.
9Are not "soys" and "chou meins" and other such treasures of the East laid out above?
10The experience of the Presbyterian mission at Chining-chou is an illustration of what has occurred in scores of communities.
11Dr. Calvin Mateer, Teng chou.
12Yet he bravely returned to Chining-chou and while I travelled on, he remained with only Dr. Lyon for a companion.
13Thence Confucius turned back south- east to the orthodox state of Ch'en (modern Ch'en-chou Fu in Eastern Ho Nan).
14Once he was seen weeping before the portrait of his much beloved son, whom he called "Mon pauvre petit chou."
15It was sometimes, mon lapin, mon lapin dore, mon chou, ma mere-theyall sounded pleasantly to me, she spoke them so kindly.
16With its imme- diate suburbs built Chinese fashion close to the wall, Chining- chou has 150,000 inhabitants.