Shih-shou

— At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu. Under the Han, formed part of the Hsien of Hua-jung. The Chin detached rom^([sic – meaning from]) it the Shih-shou Hsien, which, suppressed by the earlier Sung, was re-established by the T’ang (621) and since the Ming dynasty has been a dependency of the Fu of Ching-chou.