Explanations of Five Colloquial Words in Archive of Nanbu Country Yamen in Qing Dynasty
Archive of Nanbu Country Yamen in Qing Dynasty is known as an extremely rich treasure trove of local literature.It has rich content,but still has a lot of colloquial words,which brings certain obstacles to read-ing and research.Based on documents handed down and combination with context,interpretation was obtained as follows:"Haofa(耗伐)"means"logging damage","Tanshou(弹收)"means"verification and storage","Xiangwen(向问)"means"quire,argue,accuse","Yadianqian(压佃钱)"means"money used as collateral during leasing,known as deposit commonly","Zhanshao boats(战哨船只)"means"warship and patrol boats for combat and security patrols respectively".
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