Xiangxiang

Proper noun

Xiangxiang

1. A county-level city of Xiangtan, Hunan, China, formerly a county.
   • From the first day, I knew that he was Mao Tse-tung and he knew that I was Siao Shu-tung, which was my school name, since we were distant neighbors in the country region from which we both came. Our homes were approximately thirty kilometers apart, and we lived in neighboring districts. I came from...[1961, Siao-yu, “Back to School”, in Mao Tse-tung and I Were Beggars, Hutchinson & Co., →OCLC, page 31
   • This rural character became the backbone of Tseng Kuo-fan’s Hunan Army, which was recruited mainly from the hilly farm areas. Tseng’s home district of Hsiang-hsiang west of the Hsiang River ultimately furnished 52 generals (41.9%) and many of the rank and file,29 while such districts as Pao-ch’ing...[1976, Charlton M. Lewis, Prologue to the Chinese Revolution: The Transformation of Ideas and Institutions in Hunan Province, 1891-1907, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8