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1. Yuan Administrative System

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   The administration of the provinces ($\text{Xing Zhongshu Sheng}$) utilized a system known as the Circuit| (or $\text{Lu}$). While modeled generally on the preceding Chinese provincial structure, the Yuan Circuit system was characterized by deliberate overlapping jurisdictions to prevent any single official from accumulating excessive regional power. A typical Circuit comprised three disti…