Hsien-feng

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English

Map including XIANFENG (HSIEN-FENG) (DMA, 1989)

Etymology

From Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien²-fêng¹.

Proper noun

Hsien-feng

  1. Alternative form of Xianfeng
    • 1968, Jerome Alan Cohen, The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1963: An Introduction, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
      According to a Hupeh Daily report, T'ang Yu-lien, a nineteen-year-old peasant girl attached to production team No. 5 of Ch'ün-kuang production brigade of Shih-tzu-lu commune, Hsien-feng county, courageously exposed the theft of collective property by her uncle, T'ang Chiu-chiang, who was a deputy leader of the production team, and thereby protected the collective interests.

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