E Province - Student

…It was part of the Chu state during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so it is also called Chu Province. It is also called E Province because King E of Chu made his capital in what is now Wuhan. It was in the area of ​​Jingzhou in the reign of Emperor Yu, and was also called Jingzhou in the Zhou Dynasty. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古く春秋戦国時代に楚国の領域であったので楚省とも呼ばれる。また楚の鄂王が今の武漢に都したのにちなんで鄂省とも呼ばれる。〈禹貢〉の荆州の地域にあたり，周もまた荆州とした。…

※「鄂省」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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