Zhili Province - Zhili Province

Japanese: 直隷省 - ちょくれいしょう

An administrative division of China during the Qing Dynasty. Roughly equivalent to present-day Hebei Province. Zhili meant direct control of an official agency two levels higher, but during the Ming Dynasty the area centered on the capital Beijing was called North Zhili, and the area centered on the former capital Nanjing was called South Zhili (Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces). In the Qing Dynasty, South Zhili was abolished and North Zhili was renamed Zhili Province, with the governor stationed in Baoding. The name was retained even after the Republic of China was established, but was renamed Hebei Province when the capital was moved to Nanjing in 1927. [Hibino Tsuyoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，清代の行政区画。ほぼ現在の河北省に相当する。直隷とは2段上級の官庁の直轄を意味したが，明代に都の北京を中心とした地域を北直隷，旧都の南京を中心とした地域を南直隷(江蘇･安徽両省)と称した。清では南直隷を廃し，北直隷を直隷省と改めて長官の総督を保定に駐在させた。中華民国になってもその名称を存続させたが，1927年南京遷都とともに河北省と改名された。【日比野丈夫】

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