Kawachi District - Kanai District

...It occupies roughly the two areas of today's Anyang and Xinxiang, and is one of the birthplaces of ancient culture. During the Warring States period, it was the territory of the Wei state, and in the Han dynasty, Henei County was located in the west, later called Huaizhou, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was called Huaiqing Prefecture. The administrative center was originally Huai County, but in the Jin dynasty, it moved to Yewang County, and after the Sui dynasty, it was renamed Henei County, which corresponds to today's Qinyang County. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kawachi County" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…だいたい今日の安陽･新郷2地区を占め，古代文化の発生地の一つである。戦国時代には魏国の領土で，漢代その西部に河内郡がおかれ，のち懐州とも称し，明･清時代には懐慶府といわれた。行政中心は初め懐県であったが，晋代に野王県に移り，隋代以後，河内県と改められたのであって，今日の沁陽（しんよう）県に当たる。…

※「河内郡」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報