The earliest history of Yangzhou's city construction can be traced back to 486 BC, and it was sometimes called Yangzhou in ancient times (according to the fact that the word "wood" was changed to "hand" on the tablet in Han Dynasty, and Wang Niansun had a detailed textual research), which is equivalent to the present "province". The name of Yangzhou was first found in Shangshu Gong Yu: "Hai Huai Wei Yangzhou". This is a broad geographical concept in the minds of the ancients, including Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces in the vast areas of the Yellow Sea and the Yangtze River. According to Du You's Tong Dian in Tang Dynasty, there were 39 counties in ancient Yangzhou, 196 county. Although this Yangzhou embraces today's Yangzhou, it cannot be confused with today's Yangzhou.
In the first year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong (627), the whole country was divided into 10 road, and Yangzhou belonged to Huainan road. In the first year of Tianbao of Xuanzong (742), Yangzhou was changed to Guangling County. In the first year of Su Zonggan Yuan (758), Guangling County was rebuilt as Yangzhou. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was chaos in Jianghuai. In the second year of Zhao Zongtian (902), Huainan made Yang Xingmi a prince in Yangzhou. In the 16th year of Tianhua (9 19), Yang Wei (Long Yan, the second son of Yang Xingmi) formally established the Kingdom of Wu, with Jiangdu as its capital, and changed Yangzhou to Jiangdu House and Wuyi. In the third year of Wu Tianzuo (937), Wu destroyed Nantang, with Jinling (now Nanjing) as its capital and Yangzhou as its east. In the 15th year of Baoda in the Southern Tang Dynasty (957), Jiangdu House was changed to Yangzhou in the later Zhou Dynasty.