In ancient China, which Kyushu refers to?

The "Xia Shu Yu Gong" in the Book of Shang records that when Dayu, the world was divided into Kyushu, namely Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, and Yuzhou. Yuzhou is the center, and other states surround Yuzhou.

Erya Shidi also records Kyushu, but there are Youzhou and Yingzhou, but there is no Qingzhou and Liangzhou; In "Zhou Li: Staff", there are Youzhou and Merge Prefecture, but there is no Xuzhou and Liangzhou. "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period: There is a Beginning" has Youzhou but no Liangzhou.

Traditionally, people think that the Kyushu recorded in the "Shangshu" is the system of the Xia Dynasty, the "Erya" records the system of the Shang Dynasty, and the "Zhou Li" records the system of the Zhou Dynasty, but according to the interpretation of Kyushu in the "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period", the region of Kyushu reflects the regional concept of the people during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Lü's Spring and Autumn Period: There is a Beginning of the Introduction" said: Yuzhou is between the river and the Han water, is Zhou; Jizhou is between two rivers and is the Jin Kingdom; Yanzhou is between the river and the Jishui, which is the defense of the country; Qingzhou is in the east and is the country of Qi; Xuzhou is above Surabaya and is the country of Lu; Yangzhou is in the southeast and is the country of Yue; Jingzhou is in the south and is the state of Chu; Yongzhou is in the west and is the state of Qin; Youzhou is in the north and is the country of Yan. ”

Later, Zou Yan, the Yin and Yang family of the Warring States Qi people, created the saying of Great Kyushu, claiming that "Yugong" Kyushu is a small Kyushu, which can only be regarded as one state together, called "Chixian Shenzhou"; Nine such states make up the Chukyushu surrounded by the sea (small sea); There are also nine of these Nakyushus, which together form the Great Kyushu, which is surrounded by the Great Ying Sea. According to this statement, China is only one-eighty-one in the world.

Kyushu, there are different versions of state names in different eras, generally Jizhou, Yanzhou (Yan), Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Youzhou, and Yongzhou in "Yu Gong". Later, there were 12 states, that is, from Jizhou to separate and merge the state, from Qingzhou to Yingzhou, from Yongzhou to Liangzhou. Generally speaking, "Kyushu" refers to China in general.

Jingzhou (occupies eight counties of Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia, Lingling, Guiyang, Changsha, Wuling, and Zhangling, and governs in Xiangyang; In the present-day two lakes, two parts of Guangzhou, Henan, Guizhou).

Yanzhou (present-day southeastern Hebei Province, northwestern Shandong Province, and northeastern Henan Province), Yongzhou (present-day northern part of central Shaanxi, except southeastern Gansu, southeastern Qinghai, and Ningxia), Qingzhou (east to Hai and west to Mount Tai, in the eastern part of present-day Shandong), Jizhou (western and northern parts of present-day Shanxi Province and Hebei Province, and part of Henan Province south of Taihang Mountain), Xuzhou (southeastern part of present-day Shandong Province and northern Jiangsu Province).

Yuzhou (most of present-day Henan Province, with both the western part of Shandong Province and the northern part of Anhui Province) Yangzhou (from Huaishui in the north, to the seashore in the southeast, and south of Huaishui in present-day Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, with land in both Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces).

Liangzhou (from the Yang of Huashan to Heishui, which should include present-day southern Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, or some places south of Sichuan Province).

Hopefully, thank you.

The ancient Chinese divided the country into nine regions, the so-called "Kyushu". According to the records of Shangshu Yugong, Kyushu is: Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou and Yuzhou.

Kyushu is a general term for China. Kyushu, Huaxia, Central Plains, etc., all refer to China. In addition, there is also a Kyushu in the place name of Little Japan, that is, Kyushu Island, from the Tang Dynasty onwards, Japan sent Tang envoys to China to learn Chinese culture, and the Japanese learned Chinese characters and Chinese culture, basically reaching the "sinicization" of culture, so there are many sinicized things in its place names.

Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou and Yuzhou.