Nanzhili

Nanzhili
Wangshi GardeninSuzhou,a Ming-eragardenfirst constructed whenJiangsuwas administered as Nanzhili
Nanzhili
Traditional Chinese	Nam Trực Lệ
Simplified Chinese	Nam Trực Lệ
Literal meaning	Southern Directly Ruled [Province] Southern Directly Administered [Area]
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánzhílì Wade–Giles Nan Chih-li Nan-chih-li
Nanjing Province
Chinese	Nam KinhTỉnh
Literal meaning	Province of theSouthern Capital
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánjīng shěng Wade–Giles Nan-ching Sheng

Nanzhili,formerlyromanizedasNan-chih-liand also known asSouthorSouthern ZhiliorChih-li,was ahistoricalprovinceof theMing Empire.Its capital wasNanjing,from which it is also sometimes known asNanjingorNanking Province.Nanzhili combined areas of theYuanprovincesofHenan JiangbeiandJiangzheand took its name—Chinesefor "Southern Directly Administered Area" —from Nanjing's status as the Ming'snational capitalunder theHongwu Emperorand as the secondary capital after theYongle Emperor's move toBeijing,which oversawBeizhilior the Northern Directly Administered Area. During the earlyQing Dynasty,Nanzhili was renamedJiangnanand then divided into the separateprovincesofJiangsuandAnhui.Under theRepublicandPeople's Republic of China,an area of Jiangsu also became theprovincial-level municipalityofShanghai.

See also

• Zhili&North Zhili
• Jiangsu,Anhui,&Shanghai