Liangjiang (Liangjiang)

Japanese: 両江 - りょうこう（英語表記）Liǎng jiāng

A historically large geographical area in China. In the Ming Dynasty, there was no fixed system for administrative jurisdictions larger than a province (officially called Chengxuanbu Zhengshi), but in the Qing Dynasty, a governor was appointed as a higher position with jurisdiction over two or three provinces than one. Liangjiang, like Huguang and Liangguang, was also an area where a governor was appointed, and it was called Jiangnan Province, which was the Ming's Southern Zhili Province, and Jiangxi Province together. Later, after Jiangnan Province was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui, it was called three provinces. Liangjiang includes the most economically important area in China, and from the end of the Qing Dynasty it became the front line of contact with foreign countries, and the Governor of Liangjiang handled everything from the salt administration of the two Huai Provinces to trade affairs with foreign countries, and was an important position on a par with the Governor of Zhili, and was held by Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan in succession.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の歴史的広域地名。明代には省(正式には承宣布政使司と称した)より大きな行政管轄域には定制がなかったが，清になると1省より2,3省を管轄する上級職として総督が置かれた。両江も湖広，両広などと同じく総督の置かれた領域で，明の南直隷を改めた江南省と，江西省を合して称した。のち江南省が江蘇と安徽に分かれてからは，3省を称した。両江は中国で最も経済的に重要な地域を含み，また清末からは外国との接触の前線となり，両江総督は両淮（わい）塩政から外国との通商事務までをとり扱い，直隷総督と並ぶ重職で，李鴻章や曾国藩が歴任した。

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