Meaning of Nan-hai | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship.”

“In 1939 approximately 70 percent of Shun-te's land area was devoted to this economy, and about 90 percent of the population was engaged in one or another aspect of sericulture. Nan-hai had close to one-half the mulberry acreage of Shun-te; a little less than half its population was engaged in sericulture.”

“Bhikshu Chih-tao, a native of Nan-hai of Kwangtung, came to the patriarch for instruction, saying, "Since I joined the order I have read the Mahāparinirvāna-sūtra for more than ten years, but I have not yet grasped its main idea. Will you please teach me?"”

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