After moving to Jiangxi, Zhou met Mao for the first time since 1927, and began his long relationship with Mao as Mao's superior.

Yuzhang commandery ( 豫章, Gan: Ì-zong ) was established in Jiangxi at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, possibly before the death of Xiang Yu in 202 BC, and it's also the very first commandery set up by Chinese dynasty in Jiangxi.

At first Jiangxi was part of the Jiangnan Circuit ( lit.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the circuit was divided into thirteen different circuits, and Jiangxi Province was established for the first time.

These encounters and others with the Portuguese brought the first breech-loading culverins into China, mentioned even by the philosopher and scholar-official Wang Yangming in 1519 when he suppressed Zhu Chenhao's rebellion in Jiangxi.

Peng was one of the most important generals active in defending the Jiangxi Soviet, taking a leading role in defeating Chiang Kai-shek's first three Encirclement Campaigns, from December 1930 – May 1931.

On November 7, Peng was named to the Central Military Commission and to the Central Executive Committee of the Jiangxi Soviet, the first time that he had been named to a position of political leadership within the communist movement.

Some other discontiguous territories included: Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet, Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet, Hunan-Western Hubei Soviet, Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan-Guizhou Soviet, Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet, Szechuan-Shensi Soviet, Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet, Honghu Soviet and Haifeng-Lufeng Soviet in eastern Guangdong, China's first Soviet territory, had been dismantled before the declaration of the CSR and is considered a predecessor rather than a constituent part.

After Chiang's forces successfully occupied several strategic locations within the Jiangxi Soviet, in 1934, Lin was one of the first Red Army commanders to publicly advocate the abandonment of the Jiangxi Soviet, but he was opposed by most Red Army commanders, especially Braun and Peng Dehuai.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War ( 1937 – 1945 ), the university campus was moved from Shanghai first to Zhejiang Province, then to Jiangxi Province and Yunnan Province and later to Sichuan Province.

The first recorded people inhabited in Jiangxi are Baiyue and their influence is still found in nowadays Gan language.

The continuing military pressure of the Qing forced Youlang to withdraw further into the south and west, first to Guilin in Guangxi, then to Jiangxi and Hunan, then south again to Nanning in Guangxi.

She returned there in October 1985, and also visited China – a first for any Kentucky governor – to encourage opening Chinese markets for Kentucky goods and to establish a " sister state " relationship with China's Jiangxi province.

The first company gathered at Yuhan ( Modern Yugan County in Jiangxi Province ) and attacked the Minyue, defeating them and establishing the Minzhong Commandery.

Dai Zong is first introduced in the novel as the chief warden of the prison in Jiangzhou ( present-day Jiangxi ).

Liu Zhi continued serving under his brother, and was first recorded to have participated in a campaign in 902, when Lu Guangchou, who controlled the Qian Prefecture ( 虔州, in modern Ganzhou, Jiangxi ) region as Qian's prefect, attacked Qinghai, capturing Shao Prefecture ( 韶州, in modern Shaoguan, Guangdong ) and giving it to his son Lu Yanchang, and then putting Chao Prefecture ( 潮州, in modern Chaozhou, Guangdong ) under siege.

The Kingdom of Wu ( 902 – 937 ) was established in modern-day Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces.

Expanding from the original domains of Wu, it eventually took over Yin, Min, and Chu, holding present-day southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, much of Jiangxi, Hunan, and eastern Hubei at its height.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the northern part of modern Jiangxi formed the western frontier of the state of Wu.

After Wu was conquered by the state of Yue ( a power based in modern northern Zhejiang ) in 473 BC, the state of Chu ( based in modern Hubei ) took over northern Jiangxi and there may have been some Yue influence in the south.

Wu is a native of Yugan, Jiangxi.

The main beneficiaries of this policy were those with access to copper, including the court official Deng Tong ( 鄧通 ) ( see also below ), to whom Emperor Wen had given a major copper mine in Yandao ( 嚴道, in modern Yaan, Sichuan ), and Liu Pi, the Prince of Wu, whose principality had a major copper mine at Yuzhang ( 豫章, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi ).

Emperor Jing already had an inimical relationship with his cousin-once-removed ( the nephew of his grandfather Emperor Gao ) Liu Pi ( 劉濞 ), the prince of the wealthy Principality of Wu ( modern southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, and northern Jiangxi ), which enjoyed, among other natural resources, abundant copper and salt supplies.

Emperor Jing already had an inimical relationship with his cousin-once-removed ( the nephew of his grandfather Emperor Gao ) Liu Pi ( 刘濞 / 劉濞 ), the prince of the wealthy Principality of Wu ( modern southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, and northern Jiangxi ), which enjoyed, among other natural resources, abundant copper and salt supplies.

Wu Varieties are spoken in most of Zhejiang province, the municipality of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province, as well as smaller parts of Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian provinces.

** Wu, in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang and eastern Jiangxi.

Jiangxi was then respectively ruled by Wu, Yue, Chu in the 1st millennium BC and firstly conquered by the Chinese dynasty of Han around 200 BC.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the northern part of modern Jiangxi formed the western frontier of the state of Wu.

After Wu was conquered by the state of Yue ( a power based in modern northern Zhejiang ) in 473 BC, the state of Chu ( based in modern Hubei ) took over northern Jiangxi and there may have been some Yue influence in the south.

Originally, the Wu Kingdom capital was at Guangling ( present-day Yangzhou ), and held present-day central and southern Anhui, central and southern Jiangsu, much of Jiangxi, and eastern Hubei.

Afraid of the princes of collateral lines of the imperial clan becoming overly powerful, Emperor Jing, under the advice of Chao Cuo, attempted to reduce the size of the principalities, and seven principalities, led by the powerful Principalities of Wu ( modern southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, and northern Jiangxi ) and Chu ( modern northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui ) rebelled in a war later known as the Rebellion of the Seven States.

In 918, Wu, which was then ruled by Yang Wo's brother and successor Yan Longyan, launched a major attack, commanded by the general Liu Xin ( 劉信 ), on Tan Quanbo the military governor of Baisheng Circuit ( 百勝, headquartered in modern Ganzhou, Jiangxi ), who was ruling the circuit in independence but whose nominal allegiance had vacillated between Wu and Later Liang.

*** Gan or Jiangxi ( people, language )

The name " Jiangxi " derives from the circuit administrated under the Tang Dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao ( 江南西道, Circuit of Western Jiangnan ; Gan: Kongnomsitau ).

The short name for Jiangxi is 赣 ( pinyin: Gàn ; Gan: Gōm ), for the Gan River which runs across from the south to the north and flows into the Yangtze River.

Jiangxi is also alternately called " Gompotaiti " ( 贛鄱大地 ) which literally means the " Great Land of Gan and Po ".

Jiangxi is centered on the Gan River valley, which historically provided the main north-south transport route of south China.

In 291 AD, during the Western Jin Dynasty, Jiangxi became its own Zhou called Jiangzhou ( 江州, Gan: Kong-chiu ).

* Gan River ( Jiangxi )

* Gan County, in Jiangxi province

* Gan Chinese, a language concentrated in Jiangxi province

Poyang Lake (, Gan: Po-yong U ), located in Jiangxi Province, was once the largest freshwater lake in China.

The Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions were deployed on the western bank of the Gan River in northern Jiangxi, and the 6th, 3rd, 13th, and 33rd Divisions marched southward from southern Hubei to northern Hunan.

Unlike the Gan dialects typical of Jiangxi, the local speech of Jiujiang is a variety of Mandarin.

** Gan, in Jiangxi.

Mount Lu (, Gan: Lu-san ), also known as " Kuanglu " ( 匡庐 ) in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi ( 江西 ) province in southeastern China, and is one of the most renowned mountains in the country.

Centred on the Gan River valley, Jiangxi provides the main north-south transport route.

Gàn (; Gan: Gon ua ), alternatively Jiangxinese ( Jiāngxī huà ; Gan: Kongsi ua ) is spoken as the native language by around 50 million people in the Jiangxi province of China, as well as important population in surrounding regions such as Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Fujian.

According to the Diagram of Divisions in the People ’ s Republic of China, Gan is spoken by approximately 48, 000, 000 people: 29, 000, 000 in Jiangxi, 4, 500, 000 in Anhui, 5, 300, 000 in Hubei, 9, 000, 000 in Hunan, 270, 000 in Fujian.

In the early years of the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC ), Nanchang was established as the capital of the Yuzhang Commandery ( 豫章郡 ) ( this name stems from the original name of Gan River ), along with the 18 counties ( 縣 ) of Jiangxi Province.