Kuaiji

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī).

Kuaiji

1. A mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great.
   • [1972, Yi-chun Yeh, “Lu Hsun's Life and His Short Stories”, in Selected Stories of Lu Hsun‎, New York: Oriole Editions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Shaohsing was the administrative centre of a prefecture during the Ching dynasty. To its north lay the sea, to its south the famous Kuaichi Mountains, and intersected by a network of streams and lakes the region was celebrated for its natural beauty.]

   • 1988 August 31, Edward A. Gargan, “China's Heady and Heralded Yellow Wine From Shaoxing”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 December 2010, Home & Garden, page 3‎:

     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."

2. (historical) A former Chinese commandery located around Hangzhou Bay.
3. (historical) A former name of Suzhou and Shaoxing, held during their time as capital of the commandery.
4. (historical) A former Chinese county around Shaoxing.

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