FUR-BEEN, or FII-KIAN (Happy Established, or the Consummation of Happiness), one of the eastern maritime provinces of China. It lies to the s. of Che-keang, between the parallels of 23' 35' and 26° 47', and is backed by the great southern range of moun tains that separates south-eastern China from the inland provinces. . F. belongs to the hilly portion of China proper. It is a black-tea district, and produces barley, wheat, rice, tobacco, yams, and other Chinese vegetables. The principal fruits are the orange, lichee, olive, plum, pomello (a fruit of the sub-acid order, somewhat like an .orange), plantain, and mulberry. On its coast are situated the ports of Fu-chow (q.v.) and Amoy, or Hia-mum (the gate or harbor of Hia), opened by the treaty of Nankin. 29th Aug., 1842. See CHINA.. The island of Formosa and the Pang-boo group are included in this province. Area 53,480 sq.m.; pop. 38,880,432.
Fii/EfNEIT (Dan. the largest of the Danish islands after Seeland, is bounded on the w_ by the Little Belt, which separates it from Jutland and Slesvig; on the n. by the Odensee fjord; on the e. by the Great Belt; and on the s. by the Little Belt, and by the small island of Langeland, which is incorporated with it in one circle, or stift, of time kingdom. The area of this stift is 1302 sq.m.; the population (1870) was 236,311. The
coast is generally rugged, and much indented with bays or fjords; but the interior is flat, except towards the s. and w., where there is a range of hills rising to about 500 feet. The land, which is well watered by several small streams, is fruitful and well cultivated, producing abundant crops of cereals. Barley, oats, buckwheat, rye, flax, and hemp are grown in larger quantities than are required for home consumption. Honey is also largely exported. The F. horses are in great request, and large numbers of these animals,and of a fine breed of horned cattle, are annually sent out of the island. The province of F. is divided into the two bailiwicks of Odensee and Svendborg-. The principal towns are Odensee (q.v.), Svendborg (q.v.), and Nyborg—pop. '70, 4,812--a fortified town on the e. coast, and the most direct port of communication with Seeland, and memorable as having been the seat of the annual Danehof, or meeting of the states, instituted in 1354 by Valdemar IV., and for the victory gained in 1659 by the Danes and their allies over the Swedes.