▁Document s , ▁Y ong z hou ▁is ▁mentioned ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁legend ary ▁N ine ▁Provin ces ▁of ▁China ' s ▁pre histor ic ▁anti qu ity . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁Western ▁Z hou ▁dynast y ▁to ▁the ▁Western ▁Jin ▁dynast y , ▁the ▁name ▁Y ong z hou ▁was ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁the ▁imperial ▁capital , ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Wei ▁Valley ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁Gu anz h ong ) ▁or ▁the ▁territory ▁around ▁Lu oy ang . ▁When ▁Emperor ▁Wu ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁Han ▁dynast y ▁created ▁the ▁ 1 3 ▁inspect or ates ▁( <0xE5> <0x88> <0xBA> 史 部 ; ▁), ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁Y ong z hou ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁Li ang z hou ▁Ins pect or ate ▁( <0xE5> <0x87> <0x89> 州 <0xE5> <0x88> <0xBA> 史 部 ) ▁and ▁its ▁eastern ▁part ▁was ▁govern ed ▁by ▁the ▁Colonel - Direct or ▁of ▁Ret ain ers ▁( 司 <0xE9> <0x9A> <0xB6> 校 <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x89> ). ▁ ▁Han ▁province ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁re located ▁the ▁Han ▁capital ▁to ▁Lu oy ang , ▁he ▁briefly ▁established ▁a ▁formal ▁Y ong ▁Province . ▁However , ▁he ▁abol ished ▁it ▁soon ▁after . ▁ ▁Han ▁inspect or ate ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 , ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Han ▁government ▁established ▁a ▁Y ong z hou ▁Ins pect or ate ▁over see ing ▁the ▁command eries ▁of ▁W uwe i , ▁Z hang ye , ▁J iu qu an , ▁Dun hu ang , ▁and ▁X ih