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<p>[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 2823869, member: 75799"]Thanks.. actually the term middle kingdom was a loosely used term through history .. in fact it is more pre modern to modern times.. the character you see there is not 中 as in middle kingdom but rather the archaic written form for 安 AN. The character is used for representing the city name of AN YI 安邑.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the past, to refer to China is often by the Dynasty name such as Great Tang, Great Win, Great Han etc. Even during the republic times China was referred to as Zhong Hua 中华。 Hua representing flower or the Chinese whilst Zhong meaning central. So instead of middle kingdom, it was officially Central Chinese Nation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Loong Siew, post: 2823869, member: 75799"]Thanks.. actually the term middle kingdom was a loosely used term through history .. in fact it is more pre modern to modern times.. the character you see there is not 中 as in middle kingdom but rather the archaic written form for 安 AN. The character is used for representing the city name of AN YI 安邑. In the past, to refer to China is often by the Dynasty name such as Great Tang, Great Win, Great Han etc. Even during the republic times China was referred to as Zhong Hua 中华。 Hua representing flower or the Chinese whilst Zhong meaning central. So instead of middle kingdom, it was officially Central Chinese Nation.[/QUOTE]
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