602 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
T'ang: chou. Now: Hu pei, An In fu. 
Pei Wei: Ying chou. Now: Ho nan, Ju ning fu. 
410.—; Jp] Yo chou. Su Sune. 
Nince T‘ang: chou. Now: Hu nan, Yo chou fu. 
411.—}j Yu. Su Kune and Han Pao-sHEne. 
Leaer’s Shu king, 21:—Emperor Yao commanded his 
brother Ho io reside in the northern regions, in what was 
called the sombre capital Bj #R Yu tu.—The Rh ya says :— 
kj JP] Yu chou is the same as 3H Yen. It stretches from 
the river 7k I shui (the river on which I chou in North 
Chi li is situated) to the land of the 4G J Pei ti (northern 
barbarians). Yen was an ancient feudal state in the north 
of China, mentioned in the Shi king and in the Ch‘un ts‘iu. 
Han period: Yu chou, province, northern part of Chi li. 
In the San kuo period Yu chou was a province of the 
kingdom of Wei, in extent as above. 
T'ang and Wu tai: Yu chou, prefecture, modern Peking. 
412.—%% ph] Yii chou. T‘ao Hune-Kina. 
Not mentioned in the Li tai, etc. According to Bior 
[291]:—T‘ang: chou. Now: Yiilin chou in Kuang si. 
413.—¥# Pp] Yii chou. Pie lu. 
One of the nine ancient provinces of China mentioned 
in the Tribute of Yi. It corresponds to the present province 
of Ho nan. 
During the Han and Tsin dynasties the province of 
Yii chou occupied only the eastern part of Ho nan, and parts 
of An hui and Shan tung belonged to it.—In the Sui dynasty 
the province of Yii chou comprised almost the whole of 
present Ho nan, south of the Yellow River, and a small part 
of An hui. 
414, —J& Jf} Yiian chou. Su Kune and Han Pao-sHene. 
T‘ang, Wu tai and Kin: chou. Now: Kan su, P‘ing 
liang fu, Ku yiian chou,—and King chou, Chen yiian hien. 
