“湖广”二字源于元朝所设置的“湖广行省”。湖广行省全称是湖广等处行中书省,辖区包含今湖南、湖北全境以及广东、广西部分地区,所以当时称为“湖广行省”。到了明朝,开始将原来的“湖广行省”划分为湖广、广东、广西三布政使司,从此,“湖广”才开始专指两湖之地。 “Lake Canton ” two words from the Yuan Dynasty set by “Huguang province ”. The full name of Hubei Provincial Department of Huguang is Huxian County Booker Province, jurisdiction area includes Hunan, Hubei throughout the territory and parts of Guangdong and Guangxi, so at that time was called “Huguang province ”. To the Ming Dynasty, began to be the original “Huguang province” is divided into Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi three cloth ambassador, since then, “Huguang” began to specifically refers to the two lakes.