Han dynasty Jingzhou (ancient China)
map of chinese provinces in prelude of 3 kingdoms period. (in late eastern han dynasty, 189 ce). in 106 bce, during reign of emperor wu in western han dynasty (206 bce – 9 ce), china divided 13 administrative divisions (excluding area under central government s control), each governed inspector (刺史). jingzhou 1 of 13, , land area 1 of largest, covering modern provinces of hubei , hunan, city of nanyang in henan province @ north frontier. however, jingzhou did not have provincial capital , administrative division in name. from 188 ce onwards, during reign of emperor ling in eastern han dynasty (25–220 ce), jingzhou officially became administrative division. book of han mentioned jingzhou had 7 commanderies – nanyang (南陽; present-day southwestern henan), nan (南; present-day western hubei), jiangxia (江夏; present-day eastern hubei), changsha (長沙; present-day northeastern hunan), guiyang (桂陽; present-day southeastern hunan), wuling (武陵; present-day northwestern hunan) , lingling (零陵; presen...