language, the word is also used to translate the administrative division Shire in English language. The counties of the United Kingdom and the United States are also translated as jùn. See also Zhou, also translated as prefecture, and often poetically referred to as jun after Tang dynasty, alluding to its historical equivalents Fu, also translated as prefecture, and often poetically referred to as jun in the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty Government of the Han dynasty , for administrative divisions in other countries that are also called . All of them were based on or inspired by the ancient Chinese jun, but their nature have become quite different from the original concept. References Citations Bibliography Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shi Ji). 01 Administrative divisions of ancient China Former administrative divisions of China History of Imperial China