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‖ tuchun Hist.|dudʒʏn, ˈtuːtʃʊn|
Also Tuchun, Tu Chün.
[Chinese dūjūn, f. dū govern + jūn military.]
In China at the time of the Three Kingdoms, the title of a military leader; later, in the early years of the Republic of China, the highest military leader in a province; a warlord.
1917S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 213/2 During the disturbances of the last few years it has frequently happened that the post of Governor has been combined with that of ‘Tu Chün’..or Military Governor. This latter is the principal military official of the province. 1920Nineteenth Cent. Dec. 942 Nowadays, a tuchun or military governor,..will address the foreigner in a patchwork of stilted literary phrases jumbled together. 1943J. T. Pratt War & Politics in China xii. 194 After the death of Yuan Shih Kai China for several years presented a sorry spectacle of politicians quarrelling and Tuchuns waging civil war. 1977J. Cleary High Road to China i. 15 He was a Confucian, but he had a more immediate master, the tuchun, the war lord, in Hunan.
Hence tu-chunate, the rule of tuchuns, the office of tuchun.
1923Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Aug. 558/1 At present the Tuchuns control their respective armies and are giving endless trouble. It would not, however, be sufficient to abolish the Tuchunate. A national army is necessary. |