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{{See|History of the administrative divisions of China}}
''Zhou'' were first mentioned in ancient Chinese texts, notably the ''[[Yu Gong]]'' or ''Tribute of Yu'', section of the ''[[Book of Documents]]''. All agreed on the division of China into [[Nine Provinces (China)|nine ''zhou'']], though they differed on their names and position. These ''zhou'' were geographical concepts, not administrative entities.<ref>{{Cite
The [[Han dynasty]] was the first to formalize the ''zhou'' into actual administrative divisions by establishing 13 ''zhou'' all across China. Because these ''zhou'' were the largest divisions of the China at the time, they are usually translated as "provinces". After the Han Dynasty, however, the number of ''zhou'' began to increase. By the time of the [[Sui dynasty]], there were over a hundred ''zhou'' all across China.
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