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  • Li T'ai-po lived in Hupeh for some years – he himself says three – then his hunger for travel reasserted itself and he was off again.

    Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

  • The viceroy of two of these, namely Hupeh and Hunan, has more subjects than any country in Europe, except Russia.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • The coup de grâce for the Wuhan leaders arrived in the form of a wire from Stalin, ordering, among other things, the arming of twenty thousand members of the Chinese Communist Party, the creation of a 50,000-man army from the peasants of Hunan and Hupeh, and the seizure of the KMT Central Executive Committee by the radicals.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • According to the best traditions of their culture, these national leaders resolved on a supreme military effort, a march in overwhelming force into the central province of Hupeh.

    The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

  • We were now in the Hupeh or Oopack country, and the tea we saw being gathered and prepared was the heavy-liquored black-leafed description, known in England and to the trade as Congou.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Across the Yang Tsze, here a mile wide, was Wuchang, the residence of the viceroy of the Hupeh province.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Tang of Hupeh, who was at the meeting, spoke for two hours on the desirability of educating women, and suppressing the custom of foot-binding.

    Notable Women of Modern China Margaret E. Burton

  • Hupeh province is sent there for sale, and thence shipped to England.

    St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 Various

  • Wuchang, on the Yangtsze opposite Hankow, is the capital of the two provinces Hupeh and Hunan.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Various

  • Besides the Government exhibits from the foregoing-mentioned places, the provincial authorities of Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangaan, and Fukien also made collections.

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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