Editing Manchuria (section)

===Three Provinces===
During the Qing dynasty, the region was known as the "three eastern provinces" ({{zh|first=t|labels=no|s=东三省|t=東三省|p=Dōngsānshěng}}; [[Manchu language|Manchu]]{{nbsp}}{{MongolUnicode|ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ<br />ᡳᠯᠠᠨ<br />ᡤᠣᠯᠣ}}, ''Dergi Ilan Golo''), which referred to Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Fengtian since 1683 when Jilin and Heilongjiang were separated.<ref name="Clausen">Søren Clausen and Stig Thøgersen. ''The Making of a Chinese City: History and Historiography in Harbin.'' M. E. Sharpe, 1995. [https://books.google.com/books?id=RpIvpEjlEJQC&pg=PA7#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 7.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116111302/https://books.google.com/books?id=RpIvpEjlEJQC&pg=PA7 |date=16 November 2022 }} {{ISBN|9781563244766}} ''"In 1653 Jilin became an independent administrative unit, and in 1683 Heilongjiang was separated from Jilin. From then on, the three districts of Fengtian (roughly equivalent to present-day Liaoning), Jilin, and Heilongjiang became known as the "Three Eastern Provinces" (''San dong sheng'') although Jilin and Heilongjiang had not functioned as provinces in the full sense of the word until 1907–08."''</ref> However, Jilin and Heilongjiang did not receive the full function of provinces until 1907.<ref name="Clausen" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3utRAQAAIAAJ&q=chahars+hunghutze&dq=chahars+hunghutze|title=Oriental Affairs: A Monthly Review|year=1935|page=189}}</ref> The Japanese also used the name "Three Eastern Provinces" (''Tōsanshō'') during the 1920s and 1930s along with ''Manshū''. However, after the [[Manchurian Incident]] of 1931, ''Tōsanshō'' was completely replaced by ''Manshū'' in Japanese usage while the ''Three Provinces'' and ''Northeast'' became the orthodox name for the same region in Chinese usage.{{sfn|Narangoa|2002|p=5}}