Jiangxi

Jiangxi (; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsi) is a southern province of the People's Republic of China, spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south.

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"Jiangxi" means "west of the Yangtze". The name originated, however, as a contraction of "Jiangnanxi" (江南西), which literally means "the west of the south of the Yangtze". The name was coined by the Tang Dynasty when it split "Jiangnan" ("south of the Yangtze") circuit into western and eastern halves.

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Jiangxi borders Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest.

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Postal System Pinyin: In the early twentieth century, China (starting with the dying Qing Empire) used Postal (Office) System Pinyin (郵政式拼音 Hanyu Pinyin: Y?uzh?ngsh? Pīnyīn) (unrelated to the modern Hanyu Pinyin), based on Wade-Giles (in particularly, Herbert Giles's A Chinese...

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