1, Chixian Shenzhou
China's ancient book Biography of Historical Records of Mencius and Gou Qing mentioned that there was a man named Yan Yan in the State of Qi during the Warring States Period. He said: "China is called Chixian Shenzhou." Later, people called China "Chixian Shenzhou". However, it is used more separately, either Chixian or Shenzhou.
2. China
In ancient times, the meaning of this word was the same as that of "flower", which extended to beauty and brilliance. There are three explanations for China:
The first argument is that people in the ancient Central Plains thought they lived in a well-dressed and magnificent civilized area, so they called themselves China.
The second way of saying it is: "flower" means red. People in the ancient Zhou Dynasty liked red and regarded it as a symbol of good luck, so they called themselves Hua.
The third way of saying it is: China's ancient name "Huaxia" omitted China. As the abbreviation of China, Hua has a long history.
3. China
Before the Qin Dynasty, Chinese people called their motherland China. After the Qin Dynasty, it gradually developed into a multi-ethnic country, also known as the "Chinese nation". "China" is China, and "China" is the reference of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation is the floorboard of all ethnic groups in China.
4. Summer
In ancient times, it meant "big". The first slave country in the history of China was the Xia Dynasty founded by Dayu, and later generations often called China "Xia".
5. Huaxia
In ancient China, Chinese people living in the Central Plains and some ethnic minorities in the north and south surrendered to the Shang Dynasty. Huaxia nationality was the main nationality at that time, and later people took Huaxia as the name of China.
6. Yucheng Yuji Yudian
According to legend, there was a great flood in ancient times, and a man named Dayu went to organize everyone to control the flood. According to legend, after Yu controlled the water, Kyushu was demarcated according to the mountains and rivers, so China was later called Yucheng, Yuji (Dayu controlled the water and traveled all over the country) and Yudian ("Dian" here means governance).
7. Kyushu
According to legend, China was divided into Kyushu: Ji, Yan, Qing, Jing, Yang, Liang, Yong, Xu and Yu after the flood control in the summer (2 1 century ~ 7/century BC). The ancient book Huai Nan Zi Di Zhi also recorded that there were Kyushu in ancient China: Shenzhou, Zizhou, Zizhou, Jizhou, Taizhou, Jeju, Bozhou and Yangzhou. Later, Kyushu generally referred to China. With the meaning of Kyushu, many names such as Jiuyu, Jiuyou, Jiutu and Jiuqu have also evolved.
8. At home
People in ancient China thought that China was surrounded by the sea, so they called China "inland" and foreign countries "overseas".