Ho-pei

From Mandarin 河北 (Héběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-pei³.[1]

• enPR: hōʹpā

Ho-pei

1. Alternative form of Hebei
   • 1909, Herbert A. Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio‎, 2nd edition, T. Werner Laurie, page 150:

     Soon afterwards his wife died of old age, and his sons begged him to marry again into some good family ; but he said he should be obliged to go to Ho-pei first ; and then, calculating his dates, found that the appointed time had arrived. So he ordered his horses and servants, and set off for Ho-pei, where he discovered that there actually was a high official names Lu.

   • 2007, Nigel Cawthorne, Daughter of Heaven‎, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, OCLC 153580813, OL 8971705M, page 126:

     With this huge following, he could take over the Empire. But other advisors urged Li Ching-yeh first to go north to the province of Ho-pei, where the finest fighting men were to be found and where the people were the most resentful of the rule of the Dowager Empress.

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