Jingzhao

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  1. 1
    Former name of Xi'an: the capital of Shaanxi Province, China, under the Yuan Dynasty. historical

    "From 1254 to 1257 Qubilai appointed Lian Xixian to head the newly created Pacification Commission in Jingzhao (modern Xi’an), where he concentrated on enforcing existing decrees from ÖGEDEI KHAN’s reign (1229-41), limiting interest to an amount equal to the principal and emancipating all Confucian scholars held in slavery."

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xi'an

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"From 1254 to 1257 Qubilai appointed Lian Xixian to head the newly created Pacification Commission in Jingzhao (modern Xi’an), where he concentrated on enforcing existing decrees from ÖGEDEI KHAN’s reign (1229-41), limiting interest to an amount equal to the principal and emancipating all Confucian scholars held in slavery."

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 京兆 (Jīngzhào).

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