Online historical map of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou prefectures in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China

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Online historical map of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou prefectures in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China

发布时间：2016-10-24 11:29:00 UTC

类别：Qin and Han Dynasties Historical Maps

Map Introduction

Yu Province during the Eastern Han Period During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the administrative seat of Yu Province was at Qiao (present-day Bozhou, Anhui Province). Its jurisdiction covered areas in modern southern Henan, eastern Henan (north of the Huai River and east of the Funiu Mountains), northern Anhui, the northwestern part of Jiangsu, and the southwestern corner of Shandong. It administered two commanderies – Yingchuan and Runan – and four principalities – Liang, Pei, Chen, and Lu – encompassing a total of ninety-seven counties.

Yan Province during the Han Dynasty Period Yan Province was formally established as an administrative division during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty when he created the Fourteen Provincial Inspectorates.

During the Han Dynasty, territorial expansion increased the empire's size. According to the Book of Han · Treatise on Geography, the Han court re-divided the empire into fourteen provinces, establishing fourteen inspectorates to strengthen centralized rule. Yan Province was one of them. Its seat was located at Puyang, and it governed six commanderies and principalities: Shanyang (governing counties like Xiaqiu and Tuo), Dong, Chenliu, Jiyin, Taishan, and Dongping. During Wang Mang's interregnum, believing the Han "province names and boundaries often did not conform to the classics," he altered or merged many province names, though Yan Province remained unchanged.

In the 11th year of the Jianwu era (35 CE) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the seat of Yan Province was at Changyi (present-day Changyi Town, Juye County, Heze City, Shandong). It administered eight commanderies and principalities: Chenliu, Dong, Rencheng, Taishan, Jibei, Shanyang (the area of modern Yanzhou belonged to Shanyang Commandery, whose seat was in the urban area of Juye County, Heze City), Jiyin, and Dongping. Its territory roughly corresponded to modern western Shandong and eastern Henan.

Map Source

Online historical map of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou prefectures in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China is sourced from The Historical Atlas of China, Volume 2(3)—Maps of the Eastern Han Dynasty, published by SinoMaps Press on October 1, 1982, with Tan Qixiang as its author.

The Historical Atlas of China is an atlas focusing primarily on the historical administrative divisions and territories of China throughout its dynasties, compiled under the chief editorship of Tan Qixiang. The entire work spans from the primitive society to the end of the Qing dynasty, organized into 8 volumes and 20 sections according to historical periods, containing a total of 304 maps (not including illustrations). All maps juxtapose historical and modern geography. The compilation of this atlas began in the 1950s, it was seriously disturbed during the cultural revolution. The internal edition was published in 1975 but contained numerous errors. Publication of Volumes 1-8 occurred successively starting in 1982. The Historical Atlas of China is a rare and valuable resource for studying the historical administrative divisions of China.

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