25 Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou

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Yuzhou State was between the Jingshan Mountain and the Yellow River. Yishui, Luoshui, Chanshui, and Jianshui all four rivers had been made merging into the Yellow River, and Xingbo had stored water and became a lake. When the water was abundant, the marshlands Heze was channeled and Mingdu had been built with dikes. The earth there was soft soil, and the lower areas had black hard soil. The land was at upper middle, and the taxes were at the mid-top, or better, for some at the upper top. The tributes there were lacquer, silk, fine grasscloth, and ramie cloth. The fine silk wadding was packed in round baskets. And there were tributes of various polished chime stones. A boat on the Luoshui River would arrive at the Yellow River.

Liangzhou State was between the south of Huashan Mountain and the Heishui River. The Wenshan and the Bozhongshan two mountains could be cultivated, Tuoshui and Censhui two rivers had been diverted, Caishan and Mengshan two mountains had been renovated, and the people of Hey I could live in peace and contentment. The soil there was soft and of blue-black color. The fields were at upper bottom, and the taxes were mid-bottom, and upper/lower bottom mixed. The tributes there contained jade, iron, silver, and the hard iron for etching, the rock arrow tip, jade chimes, as well as black bears, brown bears, foxes, raccoons, and fur products. One could come along the Huanshui River down from the Xiqingshan Mountain, take a boat at the Qianshui River, and crossing the Mianshui River, entering the Weishui River, and then finally traversing the Yellow River.

Yongzhou State was between Heishui and Xihe two rivers. The Ruoshui River flowed westward, and the Jingshui River merged into the Weishui River. The Qishui River and the Jushui River merged into the Luoshui River one after another, and the Fengshui River also merged into the Weishui River. The Jingshan and the Qishan two mountains have been managed, as well as the Zhongnan Mountain, the Dunwu Mountain, and the Niaoshu Mountain. It had been completed renovations from low-lying areas westward to the Duye marshlands. The Sanweishan mountain was already made habitable, so the Sanmiao people could have an orderly life. The earth there was yellow soft soil. The fields were at the upper top and the taxes were at the lower middle. The tributes there were Qiu, Lin, and Langga, the very best jade one could ever offer. One could enter the Yellow River at Jishi Mountain and take a boat, arrive at Longmen the Dragon Gate by Xihe, and gather at the merging point with the Weishui River. The Xirong people of Kunlun, Xizhi, and Qusou three mountains paid tribute with fur products and wool textiles and lived in peace and contentment.

荆河惟豫州：伊、雒、瀍、涧既入于河，荥播既都，道荷泽，被明都。其土壤，下土坟垆。田中上，赋杂上中。贡漆、丝、絺、纻，其篚纤絮，锡贡磬错。浮于雒，达于河。

华阳黑水惟梁州：汶、嶓既蓺，沱、涔既道，蔡、蒙旅平，和夷厎绩。其土青骊。田下上，赋下中三错。贡璆、铁、银、镂、砮、磬，熊、罴、狐、貍、织皮。西倾因桓是来，浮于潜，逾于沔，入于渭，乱于河。

黑水西河惟雍州：弱水既西，泾属渭汭。漆、沮既从，沣水所同。荆、岐已旅，终南、敦物至于鸟鼠。原隰厎绩，至于都野。三危既度，三苗大序。其土黄壤。田上上，赋中下。贡璆、琳、琅玕。浮于积石，至于龙门西河，会于渭汭。织皮昆仑、析支、渠搜，西戎即序。