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1、WuxiFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaWuxi (simplifiedChinese: 无锡; traditionalChinese: 無錫; pinyin: Wúxī)isanoldcityinsouthern Jiangsuprovince, People'sRepublicofChina.Splitinhalfby LakeTai,Wuxiborders Changzhou tothewestand Suzhou totheeast.The YangtzeRiver liesbetweenthenorthernhalfofW
2、uxiand Taizhou,whilethesouthernhalfofthecityborderstheprovinceof Zhejiang.WuxiisalsofamousforbeingoneofthebirthplacesofChina'smodernindustryandcommerce,aswellasthehometownofmanyimportantbusinessmenwhohaveplayedessentialrolesinbuildingcommercein Shanghai sincetheearly20thcentury.Name[ed
3、it]Themodernnameconsistsofthe Chinesecharacters 无 ("without,lacking")and 锡 ("tin")andsimplymeans"Notin".Accordingtoatraditionalstory,duringthe warringstates period,soldierswerestationedinWuxionXishan("tinhill").Whileburyingapottopreparefood,asoldierfoundastoneplaqueengravedwiththewords
4、"Ifthereistinthereisanarmy,conflictunderheaven.Ifthereisnotin(wuxi),thereispeace,quietunderheaven."Accordingtothestory,Wuxi'snamecomesfromthisinscription.However,somescholarsbelievethenamemayhaveoriginallybeen"吳墟"("Ruinsof Wu")fromMeicun'sroleastheoriginalcapitaloftheregionorfromaChine
5、setranscriptionofanindigenous Baiyue namehonoringabirddeity.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Othersbelievethatthenamecouldbederivedfromanancientpronunciationofthename FuXi.Formerspellingsinclude Wu-shi, Wushi,and Wu-hsi.In Shanghainese,itispronounced [ɦuɕiɪʔ].History[edit]ZhouDynasty[edit]Accordingt
6、o traditionalChinesehistorians,two Zhou princes, Taibo and Zhongyong,foundedthefirstChinesestateintheareaofWuxiaroundthe11thcenturyBC.This stateofWu (吳)haditsfirstcapitalat Meili,generallythoughttobethevillageofMeicuninWuxi(althoughsomerecordsindicatealocationclosertoWu'slatercapitalsa
7、round Suzhou).[citationneeded] TaiboandZhongyonghelpeddevelopWu'sagricultureandwaterwaysandtheareasoonflourished.Taibodiedwithoutanheir,andZhongyongsucceededhimas kingofWu.Hisdescendantswerelaterofficiallyenfeoffedbythe Zhoucourt asvassalsbeforedeclaringthemselvesfullkingsagainduring
