hienhsienn.
/hjɛn//ʃjɛn/ An administrative division of a fu or department, or of an independent chow or district; also, the seat of government of such a division. Also attributive.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in China
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1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 77/1 The subordinate cities and districts of each province in the three ranks of Foo, Chow, and Hien, are under the charge of their respective magistrates, who take their rank and titles from the cities they govern.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 8/2 Among the candidates was a man who has the hsien B.A. degree. During the examination it was found that he had some books with him. The examiner at once ordered his expulsion from the hall, but the men from his hsien objected.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 May 8/2 A circular has been sent to all viceroys and governors by the Pekin Cabinet ordering that a stop be put to the old custom of levying benevolences on the governors of hien cities.
1938 New Statesman 15 Jan. 74/1 This means in practice control of the whole administrative machine down to the smallest units, the hsien.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 439/2 The provincial health administration..supervised the work of the hsien and municipal authorities.
1971 N.Y. Times 27 June 20 Each hsien [in China] has been given the target of becoming self-sufficient in food and light industrial products.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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