On the Reason Why Wu. Yue and Chu Lagged Behind in Qin and Western Han Dynasties

During the period of Qin and Western Han Dynasties, the region of Wu. Yue and Chu was far away fron the center of feudal reign. It had a large areas with people sparsely populated on it, and its social economy developed slowly.The hot and humid feature of the climate was so exaggerated that most northern people reguarded the sourthern region as a not adaptable one.The obvious difference of literary styles between north and south also made southern scholars have fewer opportunities to enter the upper ruling class.In addition,this region had been severely damaged in the process of Qin's unification war. All of these led to the comparative declining of Wu? Yue and Chu.