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Yangzhou State was between the Huaishui River and the sea. Pengli has accumulated enough water to become a lake, which became a habitat for migratory birds. With three rivers flowing into it, Zhenze, the Taihu Lake, had been restored. A bamboo forest had been planted, and the grass was lush, the trees were tall, and the soil there was moist and soft. The fields were at the lower bottom, and the taxes were between the upper bottom and lower middle. The tributes there were three kinds of precious metals, gold, silver, and bronze, as well as Yaokun stones, and various bamboos, ivory, furs, feathers, and oxtails. The island barbarians were paying tribute with raincoats made of grasscloth and kohempcloth, silk fabrics and seashells in round baskets, and oranges and grapefruits, all wrapped up to tribute. The Huaishui and Shishui two rivers were flowing through the Yangtze River into the sea.
Jingzhou State was between the South of Jingshan and Hengshan mountains. The Han River flows into the Yangtze River and then eventually flows into the sea. As many as nine tributaries in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River had fixed river channels, the Tuoshui River and the Censhui River had been dredged, and Yun and Meng two lakes had been managed. The soil there was moist clay. The fields were classified as mid-bottom, and the taxes were classified as lower top. The tributes there were feathers, oxtails, ivory, furs, three precious metals, four different kinds of fine wood, as well as rough and fine whetstones, rock for arrow-tip, cinnabar ore for red color, and Sichuan bamboo for arrow shaft, and cypress trees, the tributes the three clan nations paid with local specialties, including jingmao deyeuxia wrapped in boxes, black and red silk rope and beads in round baskets, and also giant turtles from the lower reaches of the tributaries. There was transportation by boat on the Yangtze River, Tuoshui River, Censhui River, and Hanshui River, and then passing through Luoshui River and arriving at Nanhe River.
淮海维扬州：彭蠡既都，阳鸟所居。三江既入，震泽致定。竹箭既布。其草惟夭，其木惟乔，其土涂泥。田下下，赋下上上杂。贡金三品，瑶、琨、竹箭，齿、革、羽、旄，岛夷卉服，其篚织贝，其包橘、柚锡贡。均江海，通淮、泗。
荆及衡阳维荆州：江、汉朝宗于海。九江甚中，沱、涔已道，云土、梦为治。其土涂泥。田下中，赋上下。贡羽、旄、齿、革，金三品，杶、榦、栝、柏，砺、砥、砮、丹，维箘簬、楛，三国致贡其名，包匦菁茅，其篚玄纁玑组，九江入赐大龟。浮于江、沱、涔、汉，逾于雒，至于南河。