I don't believe that China was also called China in ancient times, so when was China called China?

The word "China" appeared in China's classical literature very early and was widely used. It first appeared in the early Western Zhou Dynasty about 3,000 years ago. On a cultural relic of the West Zhou Wuwang period unearthed in 1963, there are inscriptions such as "Yu Qi's house is in the middle or". According to the research of archaeologists and linguists, "moderate or" is "China".

In ancient literary selections, the word "China" has five different meanings: First, it refers to the capital where the emperor is located, that is, the capital. For example, "The Book of Songs, Confucianism, People's Labor" and "Helping China to Slow down the Quartet" (taking care of the people in Kyoto first, then appeasing the Quartet); Mencius, Gong Sunchou: I want to give Mencius a room in China ... "(I want to build a house for Mencius in the capital and let it educate his disciples); Second, it refers to the kingdom directly ruled by the son of heaven; The third refers to the Central Plains; Four refers to the mainland; In ancient Wuzhi, Huaxia and Han lived or established a country. Most of the Chinese and Han people have established their capitals in the north and south of the Yellow River, and their activities have been expanding. Therefore, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are called "China", which has the same meaning as Middle-earth, China, Zhongzhou and Zhongyuan.

After the Qin Dynasty, the meaning of the word "China" changed. In the Han Dynasty, people often referred to the Central Plains Dynasty established by the Han nationality as "China" and the Central Plains Dynasty established by the fraternal nationalities as "China". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasty called itself "China", but the Southern Dynasty called it "Island Yi". Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin and the Southern Song Dynasty all claimed to be "China", but they did not recognize each other.

Strictly speaking, the ancient "China" is an adjective, not a proper noun. In other words, China ancient dynasties did not take "China" as the official name. For example, the Han Dynasty was named Han, the Tang Dynasty was named Tang, and later dynasties were named Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming. The name of the treaty signed by the Qing government is "Qing". So historical records.

It was not until the Revolution of 1911 that "China" was taken as the abbreviation of "Republic of China". After the national liberation, we also took "China" as the abbreviation of "Republic of China". There is only one China in the world, and that is the Republic of China.