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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 行省
[xínɡshěnɡ]
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In Yuan dynasty, in addition to the neighborhood of the capital, which is directly under the secretariat, 11 executive secretariats are setup in Henan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Hunan and Guangxi province, Shanxi, Liaoning, Gansu, north of Shanxi region, Yunan and etc., abbr. As 十一行省, which are responsible for the local government affairs. Therefore, it gradually became the name of the local supreme administrative division. Lately, the name was handed down on and used, and further abbreviated as the province.
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 行省
[xínɡshěnɡ]
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元代除京师附近地区直属于中书省外,又在河南、江浙、湖广、陕西、辽阳、甘肃、岭北、云南等处设立十一个行中书省,简称十一行省,分揽各地政务。行省遂成为地方最高行政区划的名称。后行中书省的政制虽然有所变化,但行省的名称一直被沿用下来,并进一步简称为省。
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