Pingyao

Proper noun

Pingyao

1. A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
   • IN the Province of Xanſi, near to Pingiao, is a great Fall of Water, which makes ſuch a noiſe, that it is heard ſome miles diſtant.[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 236
   • The Japanese plans called for the occupation of Taiyüan by October 30th, and then they were to move southward along the Tungpu railway and occupy the whole province. They occupied Taiyüan on November 9th and occupied a few towns south and east of the city, including Pingyao. Their conduct in...
   • But soon the Japanese began to retreat from Pingyao and from the other places they had occupied around Taiyüan.1938, Agnes Smedley, China Fights Back: An American Woman With the Eighth Route Army, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, →OCLC, page 236