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Name

The river has borne the name "Ashi" since the

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: '' ʔan-tsyhwit-xu''), a medieval Chinese transcription of its original

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name ''Anchun'', ''Ancun'', or ''Alcun'', meaning 'gold' or 'golden', presumably from

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s along its banks.

History

From the to the , the river formed part of the Korean kingdom of Buyeo. The river was the home to Huining (now Acheng), the original settlement of the Wanyan clan of the

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. When their chief Aguda declared himself the

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of the Liao , he adopted the dynastic name Jin as a Chinese translation of the river's name. Huining—as Shangjing (the "Upper Capital")—served as the Jin capital until 1234 and later served as a subsidiary capital after 1173.

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