越中

Yuèzhōng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Yue region; the area of the ancient Yue kingdom (roughly modern Zhejiang, especially around Shaoxing)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lǐ Bái de 《 Yuèzhōng Lǎn Gǔ 》 xiě de jiùshì zhèlǐ.
Li Bai's poem "Reflecting on the Past in Yue" describes exactly this region.
HSK 7-9
Yuèzhōng zìgǔ duō chū míngshì.
The Yue region has produced famous scholars since ancient times.

Tips

history
越中 is a literary name for the core territory of the ancient 越国 (Yue Kingdom), centered on today's 绍兴 in Zhejiang. It appears in Tang poetry most famously in 李白's 《越中览古》: 越王勾践破吴归,义士还家尽锦衣 - the poem meditates on King Goujian's victory over Wu, and the eventual decay of his palace.
register
Literary and historical. In modern prose you will see 浙江 or 绍兴 instead; 越中 mostly appears in poetry titles, local gazetteers, or essays consciously reaching for a classical tone.

Stroke Order

yuè
zhōng