What was the name of China in ancient times?

1. It is mentioned in China's ancient book Biography of Historical Records of Mencius and Xun Qing that there was a man named Yan Yan in Qi during the Warring States Period. He said: "China was named Chixian Shenzhou." Later, people called China "Chixian Shenzhou". However, it is used more separately, either Chixian or Shenzhou. 2. In ancient China, the meaning of this word was the same as that of "flower", which was extended to be beautiful and brilliant. There are three explanations for China: the first is that people in the ancient Central Plains thought they lived in a civilized area with neat and gorgeous clothes, so they called themselves China. The second way of saying it is: "flower" means red. People in the ancient Zhou Dynasty liked red and regarded it as a symbol of good luck, so they called themselves Hua. The third way of saying it is: China's ancient name "Huaxia" omitted China. As the abbreviation of China, Hua has a long history. Before Qin Dynasty, Chinese people called their motherland China. After the Qin Dynasty, it gradually developed into a multi-ethnic country, also known as the "Chinese nation". "China" is China, and "China" is the reference of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation is the floorboard of all ethnic groups in China. Summer means "big" in ancient times. The first slave country in the history of China was the Xia Dynasty founded by Dayu, and later generations often called China "Xia". 5. Huaxia China In ancient times, Chinese people living in the Central Plains and some ethnic minorities in the north and south surrendered to the Shang Dynasty at that time. Huaxia was the main ethnic group at that time, and later people took Huaxia as the name of China. 6. Yucheng Yuji Yudian According to legend, ancient floods were terrible, and a man named Dayu went to organize everyone to control floods. According to legend, after Yu controlled the water, Kyushu was demarcated according to the mountains and rivers, so China was later called Yucheng, Yuji (Dayu controlled the water and traveled all over the country) and Yudian ("Dian" here means governance). 7. According to the legend of Kyushu, China was divided into Kyushu: Ji, Yan, Qing, Jing, Yang, Liang, Yong, Xu and Yu after the flood control in the summer (2 1 century BC-0/7th century BC). The ancient book Huai Nan Zi Di Zhi also recorded that there were Kyushu in ancient China: Shenzhou, Zizhou, Zizhou, Jizhou, Taizhou, Jeju, Bozhou and Yangzhou. Later, Kyushu generally referred to China. With the meaning of Kyushu, many names such as Jiuyu, Jiuyou, Jiutu and Jiuqu have also evolved. China people in ancient times thought that China was surrounded by the sea, so they called China "inland" and "overseas" in addition to China's Central Plains.