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Ji Province, also known by its Chinese name Jizhou, was one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China. It is referenced in Chinese historical texts such as the Tribute of Yu, Erya and Rites of Zhou. It consisted of lands north of the Yellow River, including the modern province Hebei, and the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin.
History
Han dynasty

Map of Chinese provinces in the prelude of Three Kingdoms period.
(In the late Eastern Han dynasty, 189 CE).
In the late Han dynasty, much of northern China, including Jizhou, was controlled by the warlord Yuan Shao and headquartered at Ye. In 200, Yuan Shao was defeated by the rival warlord Cao Cao at the Battle of Guandu, and died shortly thereafter. His sons Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan took control of his territories. In the following years, Cao Cao launched an invasion of northern China, capturing Ye in 204 and decisively winning the Battle of White Wolf Mountain in 207. Cao Cao and his successors controlled Jizhou for the rest of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
Ancient Chinese provinces (until 221 BCE)
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Nine Provinces mentioned in Yu Gong or "Tribute of Yu", Classic of History (尚書·禹貢) |
- Ji
- Yan
- Qing
- Xu
- Yu
- Yang
- Jing
- Liang
- Yong
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Nine Provinces mentioned in "Explaining Earth", Erya (爾雅·釋地) |
- Ji
- Yan
- You
- Xu
- Yu
- Yang
- Jing
- Ying
- Yong
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Nine Provinces mentioned in "Clan Responsibilities", Rituals of Zhou (周禮·職方氏) |
- Ji
- Yan
- Qing
- You
- Yu
- Yang
- Jing
- Bing
- Yong
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Nine Provinces mentioned in "Initial Survey", Lüshi Chunqiu (呂氏春秋·有始覽) |
- Ji
- Yan
- Qing
- Xu
- Yu
- Yang
- Jing
- You
- Yong
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Twelve Provinces (十二州) in Yao and Shun's time |
- Ji
- Yan
- Qing
- Xu
- Yu
- Yang
- Jing
- Liang
- Yong
- You
- Bing
- Ying
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Han dynasty provinces (106 BCE–220 CE)
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Sili (司隸) |
Henan (河南) | Henei (河內) | Hedong (河東) | Hongnong (弘農) | Jingzhao (京兆) | Zuopingyi (左馮翊) | Youfufeng (右扶風)
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Yu (豫)
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Yingchuan (潁川) | Runan (汝南) | Liang (梁) | Pei (沛) Chen (陳) | Lu (魯)
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Ji (冀)
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Wei (魏) | Julu (鉅鹿) | Changshan (常山) | Zhongshan (中山) | Xindu (信都) | Hejian (河間) | Qinghe (清河) | Handan (邯鄲) | Bohai (勃海)
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Yan (兗)
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Chenliu (陳留) | Dong (東) | Dongping (東平) | Rencheng (任城) | Taishan (泰山) | Jibei (濟北) | Shanyang (山陽) | Jiyin (濟陰) |
Xu (徐)
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Donghai (東海) | Langye/Langya (琅邪) | Pengcheng (彭城) | Guangling (廣陵) | Xiapi (下邳)
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Qing (青)
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Ji'nan (濟南) | Pingyuan (平原) | Lean (樂安) | Beihai (北海) | Donglai (東萊) | Qi (齊)
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Jing (荊)
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Nanyang (南陽) | Nan (南) | Jiangxia (江夏) | Lingling (零陵) | Guiyang (桂陽) | Wuling (武陵) | Changsha (長沙)
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Yang (揚)
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Jiujiang (九江) | Danyang (丹楊) | Lujiang (廬江) | Kuaiji (會稽) | Wu (吳) | Yuzhang (豫章)
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Yi (益)
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Hanzhong (漢中) | Ba (巴) | Guanghan (廣漢) | Shu (蜀) | Jianwei (犍為) | Zangke (牂柯) | Yuexi (越巂) | Yizhou (益州) | Yongchang (永昌)
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Liang (涼)
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Longxi (隴西) | Tianshui/Hanyang (天水) | Wudu (武都) | Jincheng (金城) | Anding (安定) | Beidi (北地) | Wuwei (武威) | Zhangye (張掖) | Jiuquan (酒泉) | Dunhuang (敦煌) Juyan (居延)
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Bing (并)
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Shangdang (上黨) | Taiyuan (太原) | Shang (上) | Xihe (西河) | Wuyuan (五原) | Yunzhong (雲中) | Dingxiang (定襄) | Yanmen (雁門) | Shuofang (朔方)
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You (幽)
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Zhuo (涿) | Guangyang (廣陽) | Dai (代) | Shanggu (上谷) | Yuyang (漁陽) | Youbeiping (右北平) | Liaoxi (遼西) | Liaodong (遼東) | Xuantu (玄菟) | Lelang (樂浪)
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Jiao (交)
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Nanhai (南海) | Cangwu (蒼梧) | Yulin (鬱林) | Hepu (合浦) | Jiaozhi (交趾) | Jiuzhen (九真) | Rinan (日南)
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