Liangzhe (English spelling)

Japanese: 両浙 - りょうせつ（英語表記）Liǎng zhè

A historically extensive geographical name in China. A general term for both banks of the Zhejiang River (Qiantang River) that flows through the northern part of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang East and Zhejiang West. The administrative distinction between Zhejiang East and Zhejiang West began with the territory of the Jiedushi in the mid-Tang Dynasty, when Zhejiang East governed the area east of Zhejiang Province (governed in Shaoxing), while Zhejiang West governed the area west of Zhejiang Province, extending south to the Yangtze River (governed in Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Hangzhou, etc.). In the Song Dynasty, these were integrated into the Liang Zhejiang Road, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, they were again divided into Liang Zhejiang East Road and Liang Zhejiang West Road. When the latter was incorporated into Southern Zhili, centered on Nanjing, during the Ming Dynasty, the Liang Zhejiang as an administrative district disappeared, but the regional identity that had been cultivated for a long time remained.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の歴史的広域地名。浙江省の北部を流れる浙江(銭塘江)の両岸，浙東と浙西の総称。浙東･浙西の行政上の区別は唐代中期の節度使の領域にはじまり，浙東は今の浙江省の浙江以東(治所は紹興)，浙西は浙江以西，長江(揚子江)の南まで至る地域(治所は蘇州，鎮江，南京，杭州などを転々とした)を管轄した。宋にはこれが統合されて両浙路とされ，南宋には再び両浙東路･両浙西路に二分された。明代に後者が南京を中心とした南直隷に組み入れられると，行政区画としての両浙は消失したが，長期にわたって培われた地域性は残存した。

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