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The official name of China changed with each dynasty.
The common name is Zhōngguó (simplified: 中国; traditional: 中國. In English "Middle Kingdom," or "central country."
The first recorded use of the word "China" in English is found in "Decades of the New World" (1555) by Richard Eden.
《尚書•梓材》:「皇天既付中國民越厥疆土于先王」Roughly translated as "The Heavens awarded the lands and peoples of Zhōngguó to our ancestors".
《毛亨·傳》:「中國,京師也」 Roughly translated as "Zhōngguó, the capital."
The official name of the Republic of China in traditional Chinese is "中華民國", "中华民国" in simplified Chinese. The official name of the PRC in simplified Chinese is "中华人民共和国", "中華人民共和國" in traditional Chinese. Zhōngguó are the first and last characters of both of these official names. Although in both of these contexts, the name does not contain the exact phrasing of "Zhōngguó," it is expressed in the similar phrase "Zhonghua," while the PRC's official abbreviation is "中国."
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