Where is Jingzhou?

Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period is now the whole territory of Hubei and Hunan provinces.

Jingzhou is one of the Kyushu in Han Dynasty described in China's classic Gong Yu. Gong Yu: "Jing and Hengyang are just Jingzhou", and Jingshan is in Nanzhang County, Hubei Province. Jingzhou, roughly equivalent to the area from Jingshan to the south of Hengshan, is one of the primitive areas of the Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was divided into 13 states (similar to 13 provinces), and Jingzhou was one of them.

Jingzhou "only smears mud on the top, leaves the field in the bottom and leaves the house in the top", which means that the soil in Jingzhou is almost the same as that in Yangzhou, but the soil fertility is lower and one level higher than that in Yangzhou. It is the eighth grade of soil fertility in Kyushu, and the land tax belongs to the third grade. At that time, there were seven counties in Jingzhou 1 * * (similar to today's prefecture-level cities), namely Nanyang County, Nanjun County, Jiangxia County, Wuling County, Changsha County, Lingling County and Guiyang County.

The importance of Jingzhou

Among the thirteen countries in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou is a relatively large one. Compared with Yanzhou and Xuzhou in the north, Jingzhou is vast in territory and abundant in resources, sitting on Jianghan Plain, with outstanding people. At the same time, the population of Jingzhou ranks among the best in all states. According to historical records, Jingzhou had a population of more than 6.2 million at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, while Jizhou, once ruled by Yuan Shao, had a population of only 5.9 million, and Xuzhou, Tao Qian, had a population of only 2.8 million.

Therefore, Jingzhou occupies the dual advantages of land area and population, and can supply stable grain, grass and military resources in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. At the same time, there are many scholars in Jingxiang since ancient times, which also provides talent guarantee for the master. No wonder Liu Biao is sitting in Jingzhou instead of making progress for the world.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingzhou