Huguang
| Huguang | |||||||
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 Huguang in a 1682 Italian map of China | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Hồ Quảng | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Hồ Quảng | ||||||
| Literal meaning | TheLakeExpanse The Broad Lake Provinces | ||||||
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Huguang[a]was aprovinceofChinaduring theYuanandMingdynasties.[2]It was founded by the Yuan dynasty in 1274.[3]During the Yuan dynasty it included the areas of modernHubeisouth of theYangtze river,Hunan,Guizhou,andGuangxi.During the Ming dynasty it came to include just the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan, in the process adding areas north of the Yangtze. It was partitioned in 1644 by the newly establishedQing dynasty,becoming the provinces ofHubeiandHunan,which were administered by theviceroy of Lianghu( "The Two Lake Provinces" ).
Governors
[edit]Li Hongzhangwas the viceroy of Huguang from 1867 to 1870[citation needed].
Zhang Zhidongbecame the viceroy of Huguang in 1896, following theFirst Sino-Japanese War.He was notable for employing foreigners to train and equip the local military to the standards of a contemporary European army. The most elite of Zhang's forces were known as the "Wuchang Division".[4]
Following its partition, the separate provinces were administered by governors, while Lianghu or Huguang was collectively overseen by aviceroy.
Notes
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^EB(1878),Vol. V, "China".
- ^"Modern Day Location of Huguang"(in Chinese). Archived fromthe originalon July 7, 2011.RetrievedDecember 1,2010.
- ^Yuan shi, 91:2305-7
- ^Bonavia, David.China's Warlords.New York: Oxford University Press. 1995.ISBN0-19-586179-5p.30-31.
Works cited
[edit]- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878),,Encyclopædia Britannica,vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons