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Haijin

The Haijin (海禁) or sea ban was a series of related policies in China restricting private maritime trading during much of the Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty. The sea ban was an anomaly in Chinese history as such restrictions were unknown during other eras; the bans were each introduced for specific circumstances, rather than based on an age-old…

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Chinese
海禁
Hanyu Pinyin
Hǎijìn · Suǒguó · Bìguān Suǒguó
Literal meaning
sea ban · locked (closed) country · closed border and locked country
Simplified Chinese
锁国 · 闭关锁国
Traditional Chinese
鎖國 · 閉關鎖國
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHǎijìn · TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSuǒguó · TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBìguān Suǒguó

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Haijin

Nodes177
Edges176
Triples38
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011299
Components1

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Haijin

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Hanyu Pinyin · 3
Haijin → Bìguān Suǒguó, Hǎijìn, Suǒguó
Literal meaning · 3
Haijin → closed border and locked country, locked (closed) country, sea ban
Transcriptions · 3
Haijin → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBìguān Suǒguó, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHǎijìn, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSuǒguó
Simplified Chinese · 2
Haijin → 锁国, 闭关锁国
Traditional Chinese · 2
Haijin → 鎖國, 閉關鎖國
Chinese · 1
Haijin → 海禁

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HaijinChinese海禁1.00infobox
HaijinHanyu PinyinHǎijìn1.00infobox
HaijinHanyu PinyinSuǒguó1.00infobox
HaijinHanyu PinyinBìguān Suǒguó1.00infobox
HaijinLiteral meaningsea ban1.00infobox
HaijinLiteral meaninglocked (closed) country1.00infobox
HaijinLiteral meaningclosed border and locked country1.00infobox
HaijinSimplified Chinese锁国1.00infobox
HaijinSimplified Chinese闭关锁国1.00infobox
HaijinTraditional Chinese鎖國1.00infobox
HaijinTraditional Chinese閉關鎖國1.00infobox
HaijinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHǎijìn1.00infobox
HaijinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinSuǒguó1.00infobox
HaijinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBìguān Suǒguó1.00infobox

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