Zhili
Zhili, alternately romanized as Chihli, was a northern administrative region of China since the 14th-century that lasted through the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty until 1911, when the region was dissolved, converted to a province, and renamed Hebei in 1928.
| Zhili | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 直隸 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 直隶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Directly Ruled [Region] | ||||||||
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