"Ma-ch'eng" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 麻城 (Máchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ma²-chʻêng².",
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          "ref": "1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801), Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:",
          "text": "The magistrate of Ma-ch'eng in Hupeh engaged Chang to compile a local history for his district.",
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          "ref": "1982, John Meskill, Academies in Ming China: A Historical Essay, Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 113:",
          "text": "Keng came from Ma-ch'eng, Hukuang, won his chin-shih in 1556, and went on to a full official life, rising to be minister of Revenue.",
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          "ref": "1992 [c. 1600], Yüan Hung-tao, translated by Jonathan Chaves, Pilgrim of the Clouds, Weatherhill, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90:",
          "text": "My friend Ch'iu Chang-ju of Ma-ch'eng traveled east to the Wu area, and then traveled back to T'uan-feng with thirty jars of water from Hui Mountain Stream.",
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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 麻城 (Máchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ma²-chʻêng².",
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          "text": "The magistrate of Ma-ch'eng in Hupeh engaged Chang to compile a local history for his district.",
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