Given a sentence in Chinese, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

1951年，他于1956年去世并退休。
He died in 1951 and retired in 1956 .

忽必烈为中国学者建立了学校，花了纸币，恢复了儒家仪式，并支持刺激农业和商业增长的政策。
Kublai built schools for Chinese scholars , issued paper money , revived Confucian rituals , and endorsed policies that stimulated agricultural and commercial growth .

根据美国人口普查局的统计，该市的总面积有土地，或1.35％是水。

According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.35 % , is water .