. China, her history, diplomacy, and commerce, from the earliest times to the present day . from time to time, leaving themountain mass known as the Shan Tung Pro-montory to the south, and sometimes to thenorth. The old capitals of the kings were all inthe valleys of the Yellow River or in those of itstributaries, such as the River Wei in Shen all the legends of even the mythicalemperors are centred between Si-an Fu andPeking, near which place (Tientsin) the YellowRiver once entered the sea. In fact, the tradearea now belonging to the single port of Tientsinnearly covers th
. China, her history, diplomacy, and commerce, from the earliest times to the present day . from time to time, leaving themountain mass known as the Shan Tung Pro-montory to the south, and sometimes to thenorth. The old capitals of the kings were all inthe valleys of the Yellow River or in those of itstributaries, such as the River Wei in Shen all the legends of even the mythicalemperors are centred between Si-an Fu andPeking, near which place (Tientsin) the YellowRiver once entered the sea. In fact, the tradearea now belonging to the single port of Tientsinnearly covers the whole of semi-historical so far north as Kalgan there are ancientremains of what appear to be signal towers ortombs dating as far back as 200. On thisundoubted fact—that some of the earliest knownChinese advanced from the north and north-west—many ingenious theories have been pro-pounded, connecting them with Babylonia, theAccadians, Persians, Hindoos, and what assuming errors in ancient Chinese records 12/ Jehol H/H VNG NGANf Am CHE N6 JK^IA^ 1^8 ruH lEN^ r. r 1650-1900] LIST OF PROVINCES THE EIGHTEEN PROVINCES, Etc. Name ofProvince. An Hwei Cheh Kiang ChihLi Fuh Kien .Ho NanHu Nan Hu PShKan Suh Kiang SiKiang Su Kwang Si .Kwang Tung Translated Meaning, Peace-Glory Cheh River Direct Rule Happy-EstablishRiver SouthLake South Lake NorthSweet-Sedate River WestRiver (and) Su Broad WestBroad East Archaic Name (as separate State). Kwei Chou . Noble Tract Shan Si . Mountain WestShan Tung . Mountain East Shen Si Sz Chwan . Yiin Nan Sheng King Kih-lin Heh-lungKiang Shen WestFour StreamsCloud South ProsperousCapital Happy Forest Black DragonRiver WanYuehYen Min IYiiChu I Ngoh { (no generalname)Kan Wu II Yiieh Kien TsinTsi TsinShuhTien Remarks. Liao (none)(none) Part of oldEaang Nan; (king) andHwei(chou) The Kiang (Yang-tsze)once had a mouth here Peking never under Vice-roy Established (I think)about 700 South of the (Hwang) Ho South of the (Ti
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