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Posthouses and Postal Delivering Services in Ancient China
Courier and post were forms of communication and transportation in ancient China. In the pre-Qin era (times before 221 BCE), messages delivered by vehicles were called chuan (transmitted by relays); those delivered by foot were called you (courier), and those delivered by horse were called yi (post horse).