“河南”名实考

现今的“河南”在中国历史上有多种含义,作为自然区域的河南在不同的朝代指代黄河的不同流域。河南作为行政区划单位,自秦代以来,在不同的行政制度之下有不同的指代范围。河南这一名称的长期存在是与地名本身的特点和本地的政治形势与文化息息相关。

The Textual Research of Henan

The nowadays ＂henan＂ had many kinds of meanings in the Chinese history. As natural region, it refers to the different basin of Yellow River in different danasty. As the political area, since the Qin generation,it had different delimits under different administrative system in different danasty. The Henan this name long - standing is closely linked with the geographic name itself characteristic and the local political situation and the culture.