China is also known as Huaxia, Zhonghua, Hayes, Shenzhou, Chixian, (Zhu) Hua, (Zhu) Xia, Midsummer, District Xia, Fangxia, Hainei, Yucheng, Yuji, Yudian, Jiumu, Jiuqu, Bazhou, Jiuxi, Jiutu and Jiuji.

The name "Kyushu" originated in the mid-Warring States period. At that time, there were constant disputes and wars between countries, and people longed for reunification, so the idea of dividing up the Central Plains came into being, including Ji, Yan, Qing, Xu, Yang, Jing, Yu, Liang and Yong Jiuzhou.

Other ancient books, such as Er Ya Di Shi, Zhou Li Paper Workshop and Lu's Spring and Autumn Tour to Shi Lan, also recorded "Kyushu". Although the specific state names are different, they all record 9 States.

"Zhou" officially became an administrative region in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The later States became more and more detailed, and the jurisdiction was smaller, but the central area was roughly equivalent to the scope of Kyushu in the Warring States Period. So "Kyushu" became the name of China, which has been used ever since.

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At first, Kyushu was just a general statement, because the country is a very small geographical scope, and the vast land is divided into Kyushu, which is not exactly what it refers to, but gradually divided into specific parts. Kyushu is divided into nine administrative regions, which may have appeared in the Warring States period according to records.

There are mainly three divisions, and their regions are different.

1, one division is Yuzhou, belonging to the Central Plains, in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Henan, Shandong and other places. Xuzhou, starting from the Yellow Sea, Mount Tai and Huaihe River, also involves Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places. Jizhou originated in Hukou of the Yellow River, Yanzhou in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Qingzhou in the Bohai Sea, involving Hebei and Shandong peninsulas, Yangzhou in the Huaihe River, Jingzhou in Jingshan, Liangzhou in Huashan and Yongzhou in Heishui and Xihe.

2. The second division is Jizhou and Yuzhou, which belong to most of Henan Province, and there are Luxi and northern Anhui. Qingzhou refers to eastern Shandong, Xuzhou refers to southeastern Shandong and northern Jiangsu Province, and Yongzhou refers to southeastern Hebei, northwestern Shandong and northeastern Henan.

Yongzhou is in the north of Shaanxi, Hexi of Gansu, southeast of Qinghai and Ningxia. Jingzhou is two provinces, Henan and Guizhou, Yangzhou is Huaibei, and Liangzhou is now south-central Shanxi and Sichuan Province.

3. The third division is Yuzhou, the primary position of Kyushu, which originated in Henan. Qingzhou is the representative of the East, Mount Tai in Dongyue is the head of the five mountains, Qingzhou is the place south of Shandong Peninsula and Yellow River, Xuzhou is the south of Mount Tai, north of Huaihe River, and Yangzhou is the south of Huaihe River.

Jingzhou refers to Hubei and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Liangzhou is Shaanxi, south of Qinling Mountains and Sichuan Basin, Yongzhou is Gansu and Qinghai, Ningxia and northwest Inner Mongolia, and Jizhou is between Hebei, Shaanxi and Liaohe, Yanzhou, Yellow River and Jishui.

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