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Shansi

/ ˈʃænˈsiː /

noun

  1. See Shanxi
    a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shanxi


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Kung says the bones found in Tsin (South Shansi) that are hard are not good; the variegated ones possess virtue.

At the present time, in Fan-cheu of Shansi, there is a cave in the mountains; in it are many cast bones and horns of dragons.

Everywhere along the highroad and in the cities and villages of Shansi you see the opium face.

It was with no small curiosity that I looked about in Shansi Province to see whether there seemed any likelihood of enforcement.

Another cynical observer has said that “eleven out of ten Shansi men are opium-smokers.”

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