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a classical history book of ancient China. See Guoyu (book).
the language spoken by the Emperor of China and/or his court. For most of Chinese history this would refer to various historical forms of Chinese language, though during some non-Han Chinese dynasties the word may refer to another language, e.g.: Xianbei language during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Mongolian during the Yuan Dynasty and Manchu during the Qing Dynasty.
the modern official form of Chinese. See Standard Mandarin.

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	Kuo-yü (in Wade-Giles) or Guoyu (in pinyin) (國語ㄍㄨㄛㄩ;) (literally "national language") was adopted by Republic of China (on Taiwan) and hence as the official pronunciation of Chinese words.
	Guoyu in the sense of national language was coined in Japan (kokugo in Japanese) and then was loaned into Chinese.
	Some in Taiwan, especially proponents of Taiwan independence also object to the term guoyu to refer to Mandarin on the grounds the "nation" referred to in the name of the language is China and that Taiwan is or should be independent.

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