"Heng-yang" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 衡陽／衡阳 (Héngyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hêng²-yang².",
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          "ref": "1968, Kwang-chih Chang, “Early Civilizations in South China”, in The Archaeology of Ancient China, Revised and Enlarged edition, Yale University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 398–399",
          "text": "Of these sites Ch’ang-sha is the most prolific, having up to 1960 yielded twelve hundred individual graves dated to the Eastern Chou period.⁵¹ Ch’ang-teh⁵² and Heng-yang follow in number of graves produced, with approximately a hundred each.",
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          "ref": "1987, Judith M. Boltz, A Survey of Taoist Literature Tenth to Seventh Centuries, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-04-01, pages 185–186",
          "text": "The second is a hagiographic account of the Ch’üan-chen hierarchy from the original patriarchs down to the four generations preceding Ch’en: (1) Sung Te-fang 宋德方 (1183-1247) of Mien-yang 沔陽 (Hupeh), disciple of both Ma Yü and Ch’iu Ch’u-chi, and the editor-in-chief of the 1244 Canon; (2) Li Chüeh 李珏 of Ch’ung-ch’ing 崇慶 (Szechwan); (3) Chang Mo 張謨 of Jao-chou 饒州 (Kiangsi); and (4) Chao Yu-ch’in 趙友欽, who instructed Ch’en at Heng-yang 衡陽 (Hunan) in 1329.",
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          "ref": "2001, “Ichigo, Operation”, in Stanley Sandler, editor, World War II In the Pacific: Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 429",
          "text": "Long stretches of the railroad south from Hankow were torn up by bombs from Chennault’s planes, and their attacks limited traffic to nighttime on the parallel Hsiang River. The combined efforts of the Chinese troops at Heng-yang and Chennault’s pilots effectively stalled the Japanese advance. Chiang, however, would not approve any further shipments of arms and munitions to Hunan out of concern that they would strengthen his potential and real political rivals, and Chinese counterattacks failed to cut the Japanese supply line or relieve the siege of Heng-yang. Finally, on August 8, Heng-yang fell after a 47-day siege in which more than 15,000 of the 16,275 Chinese defenders perished. The Japanese suffered 20,000 casualties.",
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