Citations:li

English citations of li

• 1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections)‎^[1], volume 78, number 7, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 129:

  It was a whole day's journey from I-ch'eng to Chü-wo which, in turn, is about 60 li east of Chiang Chou — one of the most important cities in southern Shansi and a center for curio-dealers.

• 1965 [1963], Jan Myrdal, quoting Li Yiu-hua, translated by Maurice Michael, Rapport från kinesisk [Report from a Chinese Village]‎^[2], New York: Vintage Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 339:

  Then he tried to run away. He wanted to get to Yulin, 240 li away, or to Hengshan, 120 li away.

• 1976, Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang‎^[3], White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:

  In a village some ten li from ours, because of difficulties caused by natural calamity, some farmers sold the land that had been distributed to them during the Land Reform movement.

• 1980, Kim Il-sung, “Meeting with My Comrades-in-Arms in North Manchuria”, in Kim Il Sung Works‎^[4], volume 48, Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House, →OCLC, page 144:

  While scaling the Laoyeling Mountains, the Chinese Worker-Peasant Red Army, under the command of Mao Ze-dong and Zhu De, was successfully stepping up the historic 25 000-li Long March in China proper, breaking through the surrounding rings formed by Chiang Kai-shek’s army.

• 1999 [1994], Heng (邹衡) Zou, “The Early Jin State Capital Discovered: a Personal Account”, in Roderick Whitfield, Wang Tao, transl., Exploring China's Past: New Discoveries and Studies in Archaeology and Art‎^[5], Saffron Books, Eastern Art Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:

  In 1979, while we were conducting our archaeological work in Yucheng and Quwo, Shanxi province, I noticed another historical record in the Kuodizhi (a comprehensive account of geography written in 641), which stated that "the ancient city of Tang was 20 li west of Yuchengxian in Jiangzhou."

• 2000, Shui-Bian Chen, “Learning and Transformation”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan‎^[6], Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

  The two gods who accompany Matsu, one with eyes that can see 1000 li⁶ and the other with ears that can hear far over the horizon, represent empathy, observation, and feeling. Government should be like Matsu, equipped with acute powers of observation; see clearly to the bottom of issues, and know how to respond.

• 2008 [1990], John Blofeld, “Roaming the Famous Mountains and Monasteries of Northern China”, in Daniel Reid, transl., My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel Diary‎^[7], Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115:

  His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai.