Created 2012-02-19 19:59:00
Updated 2017-02-01 00:25:59
In the History, the China is already cut in a centralized way, in order to keep the unity of the Empire.
| Xia, Shang, Zhou 夏商周 | 国家的出现 分封制 九州 |
| Epoch of Spring-Autumn, Feighting Kindoms 春秋战国 | 县、郡的出现 |
| Qin 秦 | 郡县制 郡的名目 内史 |
| Han 汉 | 郡（国）、县（侯国、邑、道） 刺史部 《汉书 地理志》 《后汉书 郡国》 |
| East Han, Three Kindoms 东汉末年、三国 | 州、郡、县三级制 |
| Jin of West 西晋 | 郡县开始分等第 |
| Jin of East and 16 Kindoms, Dynasty North-South 东晋、南北朝 | 侨置政区：侨州、侨郡、侨县 |
| Shui 隋 | 州（郡）二级制 |
| Tang 唐 | 郡的消失 道、府的出现 节度使辖区（镇） |
| Five Epochs and Ten Kindoms 五代十国 | 军 监 |
| Song 宋 | 路 |
| Liao, Xia of West, Jin (Gold) 辽、西夏、金 | |
| Yuan 元 | 行省 |
| Ming 明 | 布政司 总督、巡抚辖区的出现 《明史 地理志》 |
| Qing 清 | |
| Republic of China 中华民国 北洋军阀政府时期 国民政府时期 | 市 |
Today, the country is cut in the following order:
The County has appeared during the period of 'Feighting Kindoms' near 475 - 221 Av.-J.C., the key Epoch for the Chinese Nation when Confucius taught his lessons at the end of the Zhou dynasty.
The governor of a county is also the smallest grade in a national competition, classified as 7th level in the chinese mandarin system, called Sesam Mandarin for his small administrative surface, 七品芝麻官.
