Kuaichi

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 會稽／会稽, Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻuai⁴-chi¹.

Proper noun

Kuaichi

1. Alternative form of Kuaiji
   • 1971, Henry W. Wells, “Humor in Narratives”, in Traditional Chinese Humor: A Study in Art and Literature‎^[1], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 225:

     The former celebrates an historical figure who flourished in what for the writer himself is time past, the philosopher and eccentric, Wang Ming. Rather than take a government post or a government examination, Wang conceals himself in a hermitage in the Kuaichi Mountain.

   • 1972 [1750], Wu Ching-tzu, “In which an introductory story of a good scholar points the moral of the book”, in Yang Hsien-yi, Gladys Yang, transl., The Scholars‎^[2], New York: Grosset and Dunlap, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:

     Later on, many rumours were heard to the effect that the government had ordered the Chekiang authorities to offer Wang Mien an official appointment. At first he ignored these rumours; but when more and more people began to talk of it he secretly packed his belongings and, without telling Old Chin, slipped away by night to Kuaichi Mountain.

   • 1972, Yi-chun Yeh, “Lu Hsun's Life and His Short Stories”, in Selected Stories of Lu Hsun‎^[3], New York: Oriole Editions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Shaohsing was the administrative centre of a prefecture during the Ching dynasty. To its north lay the sea, to its south the famous Kuaichi Mountains, and intersected by a network of streams and lakes the region was celebrated for its natural beauty.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kuaichi.