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乾陵

Mandarin · pinyin Qián líng

Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
陵: líng · hill, mound; mausoleum

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