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China has a long history, many ancient counties, and two places, known as "the first county in the world".
Why are there two "No. 1 counties in the world"?
Who lives up to the name?
Let's talk about it.
The two counties are Xi County in Henan Province and Jiangxian County in Shanxi Province.
Let's talk about Xi County first, Xi County belongs to Xinyang City, Henan Province, located in the southeast of Henan, many people may not have heard of this county, but Xi County does have the nickname of "the first county in the world", according to the record of "Yu Gong", Xi County belongs to Yuzhou, that is to say, during the Xia Shang period, Xi County belonged to Yuzhou, to the Zhou Dynasty, there was a Xi Hou State, that is, a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, 6 kilometers southwest of today's Xi County, which was the national capital at that time.
Although Xi Guo is small, but he dares to show his sword, he once crusaded against Zheng Guo, Zheng ** at that time, it can be said that he was in the middle of the day, and defeated Song State, Wei State and other countries, although Xi Guo's crusade against Zheng Guo finally ended in failure, but its spirit is commendable, of course, some people think that this is a manifestation of self-infinity. In "Zuo Biography", it is commented that it is not virtuous and not measured. This is also the source of the idiom inadequateness.
There may be a deep-seated reason for this, at that time, Xi Guo respected Zhou Tianzi and followed Zhou etiquette, and Zheng Guo was a small overlord in the early Spring and Autumn Period, so it was a matter of time before the two sides went to war.
Moreover, the Chu State in the south is eyeing the tiger, and Xi Guo is also a demonstration of national strength, in today's words, show off his muscles and leave, although Xi Guo is defeated, but in the next few decades, he did not let Chu State rashly attack, which can be regarded as a strategy of last resort.
However, the evaluation of this incident by later generations generally believes that Xiguo has committed many military taboos.
In fact, later the state of Chu still destroyed the state of Xi, after all, the state of Xi was too small, not to mention the face of the powerful state of Chu, the state of Chu destroyed the county after the state of Xi, that is, in 682 BC, Chu county was known as "the first county in China", alias "the first county in the world". However, there is still a certain difference between the county at that time and the county system of the Qin Dynasty later, and the county in the Spring and Autumn Period may be similar to the border town.
Let's talk about Jiangxian County, Jiangxian County is located in Shanxi, which is a very ancient place, known as the "first county in the world".
Dayu divides the world into Kyushu, here is the land of Jizhou, according to legend, Tang Yao was born here, known as the former capital of King Yao.
Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin Kingdom named this place Jiang, built Jiangcheng, set the capital in Jiang, 541 BC, that is, the seventeenth year of Jin Pinggong, the beginning of Jiangxian County, it is said that Jin Pinggong met an old man from Jiang, asked his age, the old man replied, I don't know the age, only know that I have experienced 445 Jiazi, and later people use "Jiang Lao" Describing the longevity of the old man, the Jin State also set up Jiang County in this place, which belongs to the earliest county set up by the Jin State, and is in the Gyeonggi land of the Jin State, in today's words, it is a substantial local administrative area, in essence, it may be different from the Xi County set up by the Chu State, so some people believe that Jiang County is the real first county in the world.
Moreover, about the old man of Jiangxian County and Jiangxian County, there are records in the "Zuo Biography", for example, the city of the lady of Jin Mourning and the eater of the public opinion. Jiangxian people are elderly, childless, and go to food. There is a doubt about the year, make the year.
If you look at it from the perspective of time alone, Xixian County was placed in 682 B.C., and Jiangxian County was placed in 541 B.C., and Xixian County should be the first county in the world.
However, it is mentioned in the "Zuo Biography" that Peng Zhongshuang, Shen Zhuye, (Chu) King Wen thought that Ling Yin, Shi County Shen and Xi, did not mention the word "Xi County", and some experts believe that the Shi County Shen and Xi here are actually focused on explaining the meaning of taking it as their own territory, rather than explaining the setting up of a certain individual county. (Reference: China Social Science Net, Zhou Zhenhe: The Three Stages of the Origin of the County System).
Some people believe that the record of "the old man of Jiangxian County" in the "Zuo Chuan" is the first record of the name of the county system in the classic literature of the pre-Qin Dynasty, so Jiangxian County is the first county in the world with a history to be checked.
In fact, there is another place in China, Zhixian has a long history, that is, Gangu County in Gansu, Gangu County is also known as Ji County, the ninth year of King Zhouzhuang, that is, in 688 BC, Qin Wugong cut Ji Rong, Ji County, "Historical Records" records, ten years of cutting Tai, Ji Rong, the first county. It can be seen that this is the earliest county in Chinese history, but Tai County has long been gone, and it is said that it was abolished at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty. Ji County is the name of the ancient county, probably today's Gangu County, but compared with Xi County and Jiang County, the name has been changed, and there is no way to compare, but because of historical reasons, Gangu County still has the name of "the first county in China".
The counties of the Spring and Autumn Period, different from the counties of the later county system, the former may be the county, the Chu State, the Jin State, the Qin State, after the destruction of a small country, often called the county, relatively speaking, the Jin County of the Jiang County, belongs to the interior of Gyeonggi, more in line with the concept of local administrative regions, if the first county in the world, it is understandable, of course, the benevolent see the wise and the wise, I don't know what you think?