Editing Zhili (section)

==History==
The name ''Zhili'' means "directly ruled" and indicates regions directly ruled by the imperial government of China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bird|first=Thomas|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2159833/more-beijings-backyard-hebei-china-where-historical|title=More than Beijing's backyard: Hebei in China, where historical treasures shine through the pollution|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|place=[[Hong Kong]]|date=2018-08-16|access-date=2024-04-01}} - See Jeremiah Jenne's statements.</ref> Zhili province was first constituted during the [[Ming dynasty]] when the capital of China was located at [[Nanjing]] along the [[Yangtze River]]. In 1403, the Ming [[Yongle Emperor]] relocated the capital to Beiping, which was subsequently renamed [[Beijing]].<ref name="peking">Susan Naquin, ''Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900'', p xxxiii</ref>  The region known as [[North Zhili]] was composed of parts of the modern provinces of [[Hebei]], [[Henan]], [[Shandong]], including the provincial-level municipalities of Beijing and [[Tianjin]]. There was another region located around the "reserve capital" Nanjing known as [[South Zhili]] that included parts of what are today the provinces of [[Jiangsu]] and [[Anhui]], including the provincial-level municipality of [[Shanghai]].

During the [[Qing dynasty]], Nanjing lost its status as the "second capital" and Southern Zhili was reconstituted as a regular province, [[Jiangnan Province|Jiangnan]], while Northern Zhili was renamed Zhili Province. In the 18th century the borders of Zhili province were redrawn and spread over what is today [[Beijing]], [[Tianjin]] and the provinces of [[Hebei]], Western [[Liaoning]], Northern [[Henan]], and the [[Inner Mongolia|Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

After the collapse of [[Qing dynasty]], in 1911, the [[Nationalist government|National Government of the Republic of China]] converted Zhili into a province as [[Hebei|Zhili Province]]. In 1928 the National Government assigned portions of northern Zhili province to its neighbors in the north and renamed the remainder [[Hebei|Hebei Province]].