Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuchuns
Literary usage of Tuchuns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Diplomat in China by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1922)
"It was believed that the tuchuns, with the followers of General Tuan, ... I told
him of my surprise that the tuchuns, instead of attending to the urgent ..."
2. Democracy and the Eastern Question: The Problem of the Far East as by Thomas Franklin Millard (1919)
"As a matter of principle, taking constitutional forms as they are generally
understood and applied, the tuchuns are wrong in dictating to the Government, ..."
3. China, Japan and Korea by John Otway Percy Bland (1921)
"eight years, the twenty-two tuchuns and the metropolitan officials between them
have squeezed enough money to pay off four-fifths of China's National Debt; ..."
4. Asia at the Crossroads: Japan, Korea, China, Philippine Islands by Edward Alexander Powell (1922)
"If China is to escape complete disruption, the tuchuns must cease being each a law
... The question is, however, who is going to prevent the tuchuns from ..."
5. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Position of the tuchuns.— President Hsu forced by General Chang to accept a
dictated cabinet.—Premier Liang Shi-yi forced to resign by General Wu. ..."
6. Modern Constitutional Development in China by Harold Monk Vinacke (1920)
"The immediate result of the dissolution of Parliament was the "cancelling of
independence" by the revolting tuchuns. At the same time it became evident that ..."
7. The Washington Conference by Raymond Leslie Buell (1922)
"Unscrupulous military governors or tuchuns exact what taxes they can for the
purpose of smothering themselves in gluttony or of bribing their restless ..."
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