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*''Japanese'': 阿片 ''(ahen)''

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 阿片 ''(Āpiàn / ahen)''

Opium, a drug made from the poppy plant, was a prominent export from British India to China during the [[Qing Dynasty]]. The widespread addiction to opium which resulted is frequently identified as a major societal problem of the mid-to-late Qing, and as contributing to the decline and collapse of the dynasty. It was originally imported (especially in such great volume) as a substitute for [[silver]], of which the British had little supply, and yet which was one of the only goods the Chinese market & Court would accept. Though its cultivation and importation was quickly banned by the Qing Court, the British were quite successful in illegally smuggling much opium into China in the 18th-19th centuries, eventually resulting in the [[Opium War]], which contributed, in turn, dramatically, to the decline and eventual collapse of the dynasty.

Opium, a drug made from the poppy plant, was a prominent export from British India to China during the [[Qing Dynasty]]. The widespread addiction to opium which resulted is frequently identified as a major societal problem of the mid-to-late Qing, and as contributing to the decline and collapse of the dynasty. It was originally imported (especially in such great volume) as a substitute for [[silver]], of which the British had little supply, and yet which was one of the only goods the Chinese market & Court would accept. Though its cultivation and importation was quickly banned by the Qing Court, the British were quite successful in illegally smuggling much opium into China in the 18th-19th centuries, eventually resulting in the [[Opium War]], which contributed, in turn, dramatically, to the decline and eventual collapse of the dynasty.