Meaning of Guangling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A former commandery of China.
   historical
2. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.
3. Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government.
   historical
4. A district of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Examples

“The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal.”

“The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.”

中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）

“In arresting criminals, conducting investigations, and accumulating evidence, Comrade Gao Yugui, a bailiff of the People's Procuratorate in Guangling County, Shanxi Province, worked hard for 8 days and nights in August 1983.”

“A second incident concerned the activities of Shanxi Peace Preservation Corps forces (forces under Yan Xishan’s Second War Area and tenuously under Guomindang control) led by Bai Zhiyi.⁵⁰ These forces rampaged through Guangling county in Shanxi in mid-October 1939.”

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