Four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China
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Four Seas
Chinese
四海
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sìhǎi
Bopomofo
ㄙˋ ㄏㄞˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Syhhae
Wade–Giles
Ssŭ4-hai3
IPA
[sî.xàɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Sei3 Hoi2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
sìr-hái
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The Four Seas (Chinese: 四海; pinyin: Sìhǎi) were four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China. There is a sea for each for the four cardinal directions. The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, the East Sea is the East China Sea, the North Sea is Lake Baikal, and the South Sea is the South China Sea.[1] Two of the seas were symbolic until they were tied to genuine locations during the Han dynasty's wars with the Xiongnu. The lands "within the Four Seas", a literary name for China, are alluded to in Chinese literature and poetry.[2]
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