[taxation] The likin or lijin was a form of internal tariff in the Chinese Empire and Republic, which was first introduced as a means of financing the largely locally-recruited armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion. The likin tax was first introduced in 1853 by censor Lei Yixian in the area around Yangzhou as a way of raising funds in th...
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• (n.) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
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special tax paid by merchants and traders in mid-19th-century China. Likin (`a tax of one-thousandth`) was levied on goods in transit or as a sales ... [1 related articles]
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Li'kin` noun [ Written also
lekin .] [ Chin.
li kin ;
li the thousandth part of a tael +
kin money.] A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. « '
Likin ,' which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of ...
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