Meaning of Kuaiji | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great.
2. A former Chinese commandery located around Hangzhou Bay.
   historical
3. A former name of Suzhou and Shaoxing, held during their time as capital of the commandery.
   historical
4. A former Chinese county around Shaoxing.
   historical

Examples

“IN 240 B.C., Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of China under the first Emperor of the Qin dynasty, directed the compilation of an encyclopedia of all that was known. Called the "Spring and Autumn Annals," the encyclopedia included myriad tales, this among them: "The King of Yue stopped at Kuaiji. There, he poured wine in the river. His men drank from the waters and then fought with a hundredfold more energy."”

“Yu, the legendary king who founded China’s Xia dynasty, which supposedly existed from around 2070BC to 1600BC, told his ministers in his old age that after his death, he wished to be buried on the Kuaiji Mountain, which is around 150km (90 miles) southwest of Shanghai.”

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