# Fangcheng
## English
### Etymology 1

From Mandarin 方城.

#### Proper noun

Fangcheng
* A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
** [1972 [Eastern Han], Hsün Yüeh, “Supported by Elder Brother”, in T’ung-tsu Ch’ü, transl., edited by Jack L. Dull, Han Social Structure‎, Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, sourced from 漢紀 50:1a SPTK ed., translation of original in Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 266–267:Chang Shih-chih,⁷¹ whose style was Chi, was a native of Che-yang⁷² of the Nan-yang commandery.⁷² Che-yang 者陽 prefecture was located in modern Fang-ch’eng county in Honan.]
** 1994 February 16, Daniel Southerl, “CHINESE DETAIN 7 CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS -- 3 FROM U.S.”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 October 2023‎:The raid was conducted in a village about 27 miles south of Fangcheng, a city in Henan province in central China.
** 2003, David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power‎, Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75:Quan Zhaoquan remembers that period well. A resident of Guan Zhuang village in Yangji Township, in Henan’s Fangcheng County, he was the village leader in 1968, a position frequently targeted by Red Guards looking for “capitalist-roaders,” as followers of Mao’s political target Liu Shaoqi were often called.
** 2016 November 23, “BRIEF-Guangdong Chant Group signs biomass power project, investment about 320 mln yuan”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 24 November 2016, Consumer Goods and Retail‎:Guangdong Chant Group Inc. : * Says it signed biomass power project with investment at about 320 million yuan in Fangcheng County, Henan Province

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fangcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 1

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 防城 (Fángchéng).

#### Proper noun

Fangcheng
* A district of Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China.
** [1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, “Middle Years of the Post-Boxer Decade, II: Revolution”, in China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895-1913‎, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115:Finally, at the beginning of September, the commanders of the two companies of Kwangsi troops defending the unwalled district city of Fang-ch’eng, west of Ch’in-chou, abruptly defected to the revolutionary side. Why they defected is not clear. A native of Kwangsi himself, Wang may have played upon their common provincial ties; or he may have bribed them. In any case, with their help, Wang Ho-shun and several hundred followers captured Fang-ch’eng without a fight on September 3.]
** 1979 August 25, “China Accuses Vietnam of Raids And Artillery Attack Near Border”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-03-10, page 4‎:The agency also said there was an attack in Fangcheng County in Guanxi Province and artillery fire directed against Yunnan Province

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fangcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1203, column 1