Yangtsze

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

Liu Yu pursued the rebel Huan Hsuan up the Yangtsze and fought a naval battle with him at the island of Ch ` eng-hung.

The Art of War 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi

Everybody who knows anything of Chinese rivers -- of the Yangtsze in particular -- will have often remarked how great a velocity the current attains at near low water, making boating alongside a ship an almost impossible and extremely hazardous proceeding.

In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith

It was autumn, and the Yangtsze being then in flood,

The Art of War 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi

The old name of the country about the mouth of the Yangtsze.

Chapter 11. Language and Literature 1921

Meanwhile the immense salt traffic on the Yangtsze has been suspended.

The Problem of China Bertrand Russell 1921

But interference at points on the Yangtsze, where naval force can be brought to bear, is another matter.

The Problem of China Bertrand Russell 1921

I told her that I had, having seen the convicts being whipped at a Magistrate's Yamen when I was a little girl living at Shansi (on the Yangtsze).

Two Years in the Forbidden City 1911

In May 1863 Lay returned to Shanghai, and, Robert Hart's acting appointment having come to an end, he was made Commissioner at Shanghai, with charge of the Yangtsze ports, the position being specially created for him by Prince Kung in order to give him more authority than would belong to the simple Commissioner of a port.

Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910

Returning from a trip up the Yangtsze, Hart found Lay and Li Hung Chang at daggers drawn.

Sir Robert Hart Bredon, Juliet 1910