The whole country is divided into Zhongshu Province and 1 1 Zhongshu Province, as well as the Tubo area under the jurisdiction of the General Political Department (1renamed Zheng Xuan Institute in 288).
According to Geographical Records of the History of Yuan Dynasty, the territory of Yuan Dynasty is "Yinshan Mountain in the north, quicksand in the west, Liaodong in the east and sea in the south", and "Han and Tang Dynasties in the east and south, and Northwest China" (. Including the whole of Mongolia, Siberia, Russia and some places in Thailand and northern Myanmar. The area is twice the territory of China now.
Wei Yuan's New Edition of the History of the Yuan Dynasty said: "Yuan has the world, its territory is vast, the sea is rich, the soldiers are magnificent, and the material resources are abundant, which is too Han and Tang Dynasties." People in the Yuan Dynasty were full of pride in the prosperity of their country.
Yu Ji commented on contemporary literati in Preface to Stories of Liu Gui's Hidden Mausoleum: "The country is vast and has no history. Those who rise up and write with their majestic spirit are Yao Wengong. "
Guan Yunshi eulogized in the Sanqu "Double Tone, New Water Order, Imperial Capital and Yuanri": "There are many beautiful mountains and rivers, and the world is always happy. Loyalty, filial piety, generosity and heroic martial arts. Merit makes Kun dry, ... Tang Yu, Dayuan to ancient and modern times. "
As a political power established by the Mongols, the Mongolian Empire, after conquering Europe, Asia and Africa, also actively or passively absorbed and gathered the strengths of various civilizations in the fields of culture and thought. Therefore, the whole Yuan Dynasty was full of disputes about the dominant position of "Chinese law" and "color law". As an important dynasty in the history of China, the Yuan Dynasty not only played a connecting role in the cultural history of China, but also made a new leap in many fields, which promoted the development of China's pluralistic and integrated culture, created a new situation of cultural exchange and integration among all ethnic groups in China, and made important contributions to the prosperity and development of Chinese culture.
The unprecedented prosperity of economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West in Yuan Dynasty accelerated the two-way economic and cultural exchanges between different regions, countries and regions. China's gunpowder, compass and printing were introduced into Arabia and Europe, which promoted the civilization process in these areas. Arab medicine, astronomy, agricultural technology, European mathematics, metal technology and South Asian sculpture art were introduced into China, which promoted the enrichment and development of ancient China culture. The amount of information, the scope of communication and the great influence on the history at that time and later are unprecedented in human history. It can be said that for the first time, I enjoyed the fruits of Chinese and Western civilizations in all directions.