North Zhili

North Zhili
TheGreat Wall,largely constructed in its present form as protection against theNorthern Yuanwhen theMingadministered the area around it as Beizhili
Beizhili
Traditional Chinese	Bắc trực lệ
Simplified Chinese	Bắc trực lệ
Literal meaning	Northern Directly Ruled [Province] Northern Directly Administered [Area]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běizhílì Wade–Giles Pei Chih-li Pei-chih-li
Beijing Province
Chinese	Bắc kinhTỉnh
Literal meaning	Province of theNorthern Capital
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng shěng Wade–Giles Pei-ching Sheng

Beizhili,formerlyromanizedasPei-chih-li,Pechili,Peichili,etc. and also known asNorthorNorthern ZhiliorChih-li,was ahistoricalprovinceof theMing Empire.Its capital wasBeijing,from which it is also sometimes known asBeijingorPeking Province.Beizhili mostly covered the area of theYuanprovinceofZhongshu—the "Central Administration" —and took its own name—Chinesefor "Northern Directly Administered Area" —from Beijing's status as the Ming'snational capitalfollowing theYongle Emperormove there fromNanjing,which oversawNanzhilior the Southern Directly Administered Area. In 1645, at the beginning of the Qing dynasty, the name of Beizhili was changed to Zhili. Under theRepublicandPeople's Republic of China,it was divided intoHebeiand theprovincial-level municipalitiesofBeijingandTianjin.(Small parts of what was once Beizhili were also ceded toHenanandShandong.)

See also

• Zhili&South Zhili
• Henan,Beijing,&Tianjin
• Bay&Gulf of Bohai,both formerly known as Pechili etc. from the nearby province