Keangsoo

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Keangsoo

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Jiangsu
   • 1832 June, Le Ming-che Tsing-lae, “Ta Tsing Wan-neen Yih-tung King-wei Yu-too,—"A general geographical map, with degrees of latitude and longitude, of the Empire of the Ta-tsing Dynasty—may it last for ever."”, in The Chinese Repository‎, volume I, number 2, Canton, →OCLC, page 36:

     Keangsoo is easy of approach ; but, though the two largest rivers of China, the Yellow river, and the Yang-tsze-keang, both disembogue themselves into the sea within its confines, yet it possesses but one good port, which is Shang-hae-Heen, near the frontiers of Chekeang.

   • 1852, Charles Gutzlaff, chapter IX, in The Life of Taou-Kwang, Late Emperor of China‎, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 159:

     The principal place where the poison abounded in China, was Canton; and to strike the decisive blow there, was the firm resolution of Taou-kwang. He chose, as the instrument to effect his purpose, that very Lin-tsi-tsen, who had remonstrated with him so very earnestly in behalf of the people in Keangsoo; and who, when subsequently raised to be governor-general of Hoo-kwang, had proceeded with the most relentless cruelty against opium-smokers.

   • 1852, John Francis Davis, chapter I, in China, During the War and Since the Peace‎, →OCLC, page 8:

     At this period, Yukien, by birth a Mongol Tartar, was governor of Keangsoo province. This man proved himself in the sequel the most savage and remorseless brute that among several others disgraced his name and nation, but he met with a just fate at last.

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