Kyoya Taku

…In reality, it flows out of the Yellow River northwest of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and splits into the North and South Ji around Dingtao. The main stream of the North Ji forms the large wetland Jiye River on the border between Henan and Shandong, passing north of Linzi (Jinan) and flowing into the Bohai Bay, while the South Ji flows southeast, passing through Pei County as the He River, and joining the Si River in Xuzhou. The North Ji was used for water transportation until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was also restored and used as a canal by the Song Dynasty, whose capital was Kaifeng, at the end of the 12th century, when the main stream of the Yellow River took over its course, and its appearance changed dramatically. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…実際は河南省鄭州の北西で黄河から流出し，定陶付近で北済と南済に二分する。本流の北済は河南･山東境域の大湿地鉅野沢（きよやたく）を形成しつつ，臨淄（りんし）(済南)の北を通って渤海湾に注ぎ，南済は東南流し，菏水（かすい）として沛（はい）県をへて徐州に至り泗水（しすい）と合した。北済は南北朝時代まで水運に使われ，開封を都とした宋も運河として修復利用したが，12世紀末，黄河本流がその河道を奪い様相が一変する。…

※「鉅野沢」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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