Rinan
Rinan (
The concept of "Rinan" (lit "South of the Sun", referring to the Southern Hemisphere) was originally astronomical: above the Tropic of Cancer, the Chinese always faced south during religious ceremonies concerning the sun. In his Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian claimed the Qin dynasty had expanded so far as Rinan, where the houses faced north instead of south.[1] The Han claimed this conceptual region as early as 111 BC upon their conquest of Nanyue[2] but did not administer an actual district under the name until 48 BC.[1]
Under the
In AD 264, during the division of Jiaozhou by the Emperor Jing of Wu, Rinan was placed under the new Jiaozhou.[2]
Counties
- Zhuwu
- Bijing
- Xijuan
- Lurong (Lô Dung)
- Xianglin (Tượng Lâm)
See also
- Cửu Chân
- Lam Ap Kingdom
- First Chinese domination of Vietnam
- History of the administrative divisions of China
- Southern Hemisphere
References
- ^ a b Trương Thái Du. "A New Approach on Old Issues of Ancient Vietnamese History". Institute of Vietnamese Studies. archived copy
- ^ a b Vu Dinh Dinh. "Cochinchina: Reassessment of the Origin and Use of a Westernized Place Name". The Writers Post, vol. 9, Jan & Jul 2007.
- ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1.
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| Shuofang Province | ||
You Province | ||
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