Yuzhou (ancient China)

Yuzhou
Chinese豫州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYùzhōu

Yuzhou or Yu Province was one of the Nine Provinces[1] of ancient China, later to become an administrative division around the reign of Emperor Wu (r. 141 BC - 87 BC) of the Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 9).

  1. ^ Lagerwey, John; Kalinowski, Marc (2008-12-24). "Ritual practices for constructing terrestrial space (Warring States – Early Han) by Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann". Early Chinese Religion: Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 Vols). BRILL. pp. 595–644. ISBN 978-90-04-16835-0.