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K'un-shan
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Kunshan
English
Etymology
From en cmn 崑山 Kūnshān, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kʻun¹-shan¹.
Proper noun
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en Kunshan.
en 1927 John Calvin Ferguson John C. Ferguson Chinese Painting https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_chinese-painting_ferguson_ND1040F3-17752/ Chicago w:University of Chicago Press 560080535 148 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_chinese-painting_ferguson_ND1040F3-17752/page/n239/ He was a native of Hua-t’ing, Kiangsu Province, and was director of education at K’un-shan, but retired on account of his dislike of public life.
en 1957 Kalivodová Iris Urwin Chinese Theatre https://archive.org/details/chinesetheatre00kalv/ Czechoslovakia w:Spring Books 1280942 29 https://archive.org/details/chinesetheatre00kalv/page/n32/ Wei Liang-fu lived in K’un-shan near Shanghai, and for ten years studied the old operas and their music.
en 2002 w:Annping Chin Four Sisters of Hofei https://archive.org/details/foursistersofhof00chin_0/ Charles Scribner's Sons Scribner 0-684-87377-X 2002073343 248866825 130 https://archive.org/details/foursistersofhof00chin_0/page/130/ Then, in 1936, the Firemen's Association of K’un-shan sponsored a benefit concert. This was a big deal because K’un-shan was the place where k’un-ch’ü originated six hundred years ago.
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Translations
Kunshan