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Created page with "== Note == The name "Shilin" was derived from ''Pattsiran'', the Ketagalan word for "hot spring". It was then transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" {{XL|Patcilaan}}. By the late Qing dynasty, "many literary talents from the area had passed the imperial examination", prompting the local gentry to rename it ''Shilin'' (士林), meaning "congregation of scholars and talents"."