Meaning of Chiang-su | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Like⟳ the two preceding provinces, Chiang-su forms part of the Great Plain. It has few hills and is more abundantly watered than any other province.[…]Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864.”

“But if, as we have⟳ seen, Wu's ambivalent attitude toward the conventional route to success originated in his early appreciation of the idealistic virtues of his father, then it is possible that parts of the work⟳ could have⟳ been written much earlier, perhaps even during his sojourn with his father in Chiang-su.”

“In 1670 he became secretary to the magistrate in the southern province of Chiang-su; two years later he left southern China after obtaining a position as administrator for a wealthy friend, with whom he and his family resided for over thirty years.”

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