Is there a difference between Kyushu and Jiuzhou?
Kyushu (synonymous with ancient China), also known as the twelve states of China, is a geographical division recorded by the Han ancestors in China in the ancient book Shangshu Gong Yu in the pre-Qin period. Kyushu has been synonymous with ancient China since the Warring States Period, and with the Han nationality since the Jin Dynasty.
From the Warring States period, Kyushu became the ancient name of China, and from the Jin Dynasty at the latest, it became the name of the Han nationality area, also known as "Kyushu in the Han Dynasty". Kyushu system was a plan for the future unification of the country by scholars at that time, which reflected their political ideals.
In addition, Kyushu also refers to Kyushu Island, which is the third largest island in Japan and located at the southwestern tip of Japan.
The Guanmen Strait in the northeast is opposite to Honshu Island, the Yufeng Strait and Hou Feng Waterway in the east are opposite to Shikoku Island, the Pacific Ocean in the southeast, the Korean Strait in the northwest and China in the west. In the past, there were nine countries before, after, before, after, before, after, after, after, Korea, Satsuma, Dagu and * * *, hence the name Kyushu.
Kyushu Island, located in the southwest of Japan, belongs to the monsoon temperate broad-leaved forest climate, with four distinct seasons throughout the year, high temperature and rainy summer, severe cold in central and northern winter, little change in spring and autumn, and generally warmer. The best tourist season is from May to September.
Origin: According to Yu Gong of Xia Shu in Shangshu, during Dayu, the world was divided into Kyushu, namely Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Jizhou and Yanzhou. The range of Kyushu described in Gong Yu includes Yanshan Mountains in the north, Bohai Bay and Liaodong, South China Sea in the south, West Gansu in the west and East China Sea in the east.
According to Erya Dish, the youth and the Liang Dynasty lived in seclusion and camp. According to "Guanbian Zhifang Family", there are no Liang and Xu here, but there are seclusion and harmony. King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty, merged Xuzhou into Qingzhou, Liangzhou into Yongzhou, and divided Bingzhou and Youzhou into Jizhou.
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On the origin of Kyushu;
Kyushu has a long history. Literally, the word "Zhou" is written as "A" in the inscription, just like the shape of a highland (hill) surrounded by a river. The eleventh sentence of Shuo Wen Jie Zi says: "Water can live in Yuezhou." It can be seen that its original intention is similar to the word "Zhou" of "Island on the River" in The Book of Songs Feng Wang Guanju, which has nothing to do with administrative divisions. In ancient times, there was abundant precipitation here, and people often lived on high mountains near the water.
So "Zhou" became the name of the residential area, so there were such terms as "Zhou Xia", "Rongzhou", "Pingzhou", "Yangzhou", "Guazhou" and "being a state soldier", just like "Shangqiu", "Qiu Yong" and "being a hill soldier".
The word "nine" has two meanings: one is the exact meaning, such as the "nine" of "nine princes in eight years"; First, empty refers to many meanings, such as the "nine" in Jiusan, Jiuchuan, Jiuze, Jiuji and Jiuyuan. Since "Zhou" is a tiny geographical existence, it is "a vast sea of jade traces painted as Kyushu". And "nine" may be a definite finger, not a virtual finger.
Therefore, from the original intention, "Kyushu" refers to the floorboard of nine geographical and cultural divisions, and it is also the floorboard of highlands (hills) surrounded by many rivers; Because of people, it is also extended to the name of "the whole country", and it is still called "the world" and "the four seas".
Later, "Kyushu" finally became nine large-scale administrative divisions. In the handed down literature, the specific "Kyushu" only existed in the Warring States period, but not in the Spring and Autumn Period, so its time may be in the early Warring States period. Although Yu Gong was written by Dayu, it was actually a work at the end of the Warring States Period. There are many concrete evidences, mainly because many geographical situations recorded in Gong Yu are phenomena in the Warring States Period.