But in fact,? Only Chu Youcai? This sentence comes from Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period: Although Chu has material, Jin is practical? . Geographically, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu was mainly located in Jianghan Valley, also known as Jing State and Jing Chu, which means that Chu was mainly located in present-day Hubei Province. Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the core area of Chu was not in Hunan. At the beginning of Chu, it was mainly in the freshwater basin and Hanshui basin, and later in Jiangling area. Later, Du Ying was destroyed, retreated to Chen Cheng, and then lived in Shouchun, Anhui. We can see that the expansion direction of Chu is mainly in the north and east, while Hunan is located in the south of the Yangtze River, not in the main territory of Chu.
As far as Chu culture is concerned, most parts of Hubei Province and southwest Henan Province are the central areas of early Chu culture, while Hunan did not have Chu culture until the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Hunan belonged to Cangwu County and Dongting County of Chu State, but at that time Du Ying (now Jingzhou City, Hubei Province) was the core capital of Chu State, and Chu culture mainly prevailed in this area. Thus, the word Chu is more suitable to represent Hubei than Hunan.
Let's talk about the couplets of Yuelu Academy. Only Chu Youcai? Here? Only? Word is just a modal particle, meaningless, equivalent to what we have now? Uh-huh? ,? Only? Isn't this simple? Only? Correspondingly, this sentence cannot be translated into? Only Chu can produce talents? As a place to teach and educate people, the pattern will certainly not be so small.
So generally speaking, Chu mainly refers to Hubei, but what about this? Only Chu Youcai? what's up Chu? Words cannot be understood as a region alone.