Definition of "Hupeh"

Recent letters show that Wushan and K'uei-fu, towns on the river below Wan Hsien, were still in the hands of the existing Government on the 8th instant, though Li-ch'uan, west of Shihnan-fu, in the extreme corner of Hupeh, was reported to be in the hands of the revolutionaries.

1911, W. H. Wilkinson, Consul-General Wilkinson to Sir J. Jordan (Correspondence Respecting the Disturbances in China)‎, Harrison and Sons, page 51

The magistrate of Ma-ch'eng in Hupeh engaged Chang to compile a local history for his district.

1966, David S. Nivison, The Life and Thought of Chang Hsüeh-ch'eng (1738-1801)‎, Stanford University Press, page 208

A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State of Chu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.

1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume X, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, page 26, column 2

HSIA-pa-ho Village is a small but rich "fish and rice" village located at the confluence of the Pa and the Yangtze rivers outside the Hsi-shui county seat in Hupeh province.

1980, KAI-YU HSU, WEN I-TO‎, Twayne Publishers, page 21

A terrible battle has broken out again in northern Hupeh and western Hunan.

1981, Hualing Nieh Engle, translated by Jane Parish Yang and Linda Lappin, Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China‎, Boston: Beacon Press, page 17

Located in Hupeh Province astride the Yangtze River, Wuhan has always been regarded as one of China's most strategic urban centers.

1982 October 10, “The National Day Republic of China”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXIII, number 40, Taipei, page 2?

At the age of forty Tao-hsin moved to Shuang-feng Mountain in the district of Huang-mei, present-day Hupeh province. There he attracted a large following; it is said that he had five hundred students studying under him.

1992, Cheng Chien Bhikshu, Sun-Face Buddha: The Teachings of Ma-tsu and the Hung-chou School of Ch'an‎, Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, page 8