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There are at leat 2 Gui Rivers in China, one in Guangxi province, tributary of the Xi River, the other one near Beijing. There seem to be a confusion between the 2 in the article. olivier 13:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I pulled out the section about some Gui River not in Guangxi, placing it here for reference. Kmusser (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

In 219 BC the Chinese Emperor Qin constructed a canal to connect the Xiang River with the Gui rivers; the speed of construction of this canal suggests this route was known for some time.^[1] The Han Emperor dispatched Zhang Qian to explore lands to the west of ancient China via the Northern Silk Road. Zhang Qian found the nomadic Yuezhi people centered 1250 kilometres west of Dayuan north of the Gui River. South of the Gui in present day Afghanistan, he also visited Bactria.^[2]

References

^ Constance A. Cook, John S. Major (1999) Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China, University of Hawaii Press, 254 pages ISBN 0824829050
^ C. Michael Hogan, Silk Road, North China, The Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham (2007)

[1] Constance A. Cook, John S. Major (1999) Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China, University of Hawaii Press, 254 pages ISBN 0824829050

[2] C. Michael Hogan, Silk Road, North China, The Megalithic Portal, ed. by A. Burnham (2007)

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