The hinterland of Hubei is Jianghan Plain, and Chu culture originated in Jingzhou area, with Jianghan Plain as the core. In fact, the territory in the later period was the result of expansion, including most of Hunan being sent into exile, and the capital in the later period was also hit by Qin. It makes sense to call Chu. It is not difficult to understand that Wuhan, the provincial capital, tends to develop eastern Hubei and engage in martial arts and Hubei, giving up Jianghan Plain as the hinterland. The dialect of Chu is homophonic and ugly, mostly in Wuhan and its surrounding areas, but not in Jianghan Ping, the birthplace of Chu.

Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han all have special meanings, and the place names of the unified dynasty will avoid these words. If the provincial abbreviation allows the use of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, it will unconsciously affect people's hearts and think that their hometown is a unique big country in ancient times. Over time, * * * is consistent with historical cognition, living customs and dialects, which is not conducive to unity. Therefore, short for waste is not a bad thing, but a far-sighted approach. Whether this place in Hubei can represent Chu, the present Hubei people have little to do with the former Chu people. Most people in Hubei speak Mandarin and are immigrants from the north. The southern dialects such as Hunan dialect and Minnan dialect are the real inheritors of Chu dialect, so only those who speak these dialects are the descendants of the real Chu people.

There is a saying that when Hubei was called Chu, Hunan disagreed. He said your name was Chu, and my name was Chu. From a cultural point of view, Hubei has won a great victory, but it is not a vegetarian to hold Hunan people back. In the end, the two sides were evenly matched, and no one could convince anyone. As a result, no one gave the word Chu. Someone once suggested changing Hubei to Chu, but Hubei Academy of Social Sciences denied it. Chu covers a large area, including all of Hubei and Hunan and parts of Jiangxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Hubei and Hunan are a province in itself, only separated in Kangxi, originally called Huguang.

Therefore, Hubei can't possess all of Chu, and it can't be called Chu. Hubei is called Hubei because the ancient country of Hubei was in daye city, Hubei Province. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Xiong went to be ill and made his second son King of Hubei, and he has been in daye city. Later, his son became the king of Chu, and Hubei City remained. If Hubei is replaced by Chu, Wuhan will feel humiliated. According to tradition, Chu was sealed at the junction of Hubei and Henan, grew up in Hubei, and was founded in Hubei for 800 years. Even the country name was derived from Vitex negundo. The Chu people used the blue road to illuminate the mountain forest. The core of Chu has always been Hubei, and Jingchu is a meaning in the eyes of the world. Han Xin was the king of Chu in the early Han Dynasty. After the change of Huaiyin Hou, Chu was divided into two parts, one called Chu and the other called Jing.

The so-called "three Chu" is just the saying that Chu moved to Shouchun after the capital was attacked by Qin. Only at this time, at the end of Chu, the political center of Chu moved out of Hubei, and the theory of Three Chu came into being. Chu has three Chu, Hubei is called Chu, and Hunan and Anhui all have opinions. The overlord of the West Chu is in the vicinity of Xuzhou.

Of course, the land of Jingxiang is the foundation of Chu. Lost the land of Jingxiang, although Chu has a vast territory, according to the land of Hunan, Huai and wuyue, it is just a struggle, lacking the confidence to compete for the world. In fact, the Chu landlords in Qin and Han dynasties mainly refer to the land of Jianghuai. Chu is the abbreviation of Huguang Province, and it is a regional recognition of Chu culture. Half of Hunan Province speaks Southwest Mandarin, which belongs to the northern dialect of Hubei dialect and has similar languages. Now Wuhan is not the center of Chu culture, but Dongting Lake area and Jingzhou in Hunan are the centers of Chu culture.

Chu was founded in 887 BC, when there were Dongting Lake Basin, Poyang Lake Basin and Liangzi Lake Basin. When Chu announced that posthumous title had nothing to do with the Zhou royal family, it was in the south of the Yangtze River, not in the north. Xiong Qubing's eldest son, King Chu, is in Poyang Lake basin, and his third son, King Yue, is in Dongting Lake basin. This basin is called Yue, not Zhejiang Yue, but Hubei in the present lake basin. The pronunciation of "Chu" is similar to "Chu", and "Chu" has never been a proper name in Hubei. The scope of Chu is from eastern Yunnan, northwestern Guangxi, northern Guangdong, northern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, southern Henan, all of Hubei, all of Jiangxi, all of An Wei, all of Hunan, eastern Chongqing and southwestern Shaanxi.

The map of Chu drawn now is a fragment in the long history of Chu. The last capital of Chu is in Anhui, not in Hubei. China used to refer to the Central Plains, so can the Central Plains be called "China" and "China" now? Can it be called "Han" for short? During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the whole south was almost within the scope of Chu, so it was inappropriate for Hubei to monopolize Chu for short. Anyone familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms knows that Liu Biao's Jingzhou is the same as today's Hubei. Hubei is the most appropriate abbreviation, and of course "E" is the most domineering abbreviation.

Against Hubei's "Hubei belongs to Chu", the last capital of Chu in the Warring States period was Shouying in Anhui, which was the slogan that Jiangsu people realized "Although there are three Chu schools, Qin will be destroyed". Pengcheng, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, is its capital, and the kings of the Chu Dynasty are all in Xuzhou, and the border areas are roughly northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui. The capital of Chu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is in Changsha, and the border is roughly in Hunan. Chu is a symbol of culture, and it has always been ahead in southern provinces, so why take it for yourself? Hubei has a great historical charm, ancient style and rhyme, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, so there is history to test. Judging from its appearance, Hubei is very cultured. So the name doesn't dare to offend history at all. The name is taken from the heart, and there are specialties in the art. The name belongs to the heart of Hubei, so it is still in use today. There is nothing wrong with worrying about the ancients.

Neither Chu nor Jing is suitable for abbreviation, because Chu and Jingzhou are under the jurisdiction of more than one province in Hubei, which will cause historical misunderstanding and affect inter-provincial unity, and they are purely looking for trouble. Hubei is the most suitable. The history of ancient Hubei is much longer than that of Chu, and the word Hubei has a sense of history at first glance. Up to now, there is Ezhou City in Hubei, and Yue Fei is still the king of Hubei. Moreover, the word Hubei gives people a feeling of overlord. Hubei people are tenacious, which is a good word. Hubei's abbreviation was originally "Hubei", which shows a long history and profound regional culture, and does not affect its nickname of Jingchu land. If it doesn't sound good now, some people want to change it, and later generations will feel that their predecessors don't respect history very much and will be at a loss. For example, Xiangfan City was originally a merger of Xiangyang and Fancheng on both sides of the Han River, which was changed from Xiangyang to Xiangfan and then to Xiangyang City. Frequent changes always give people a strange feeling that it is not a good idea to use which fame is of great use.