Luzhou or Lu Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Hefei, Anhui, China. It existed (intermittently) from 581 to 1277.[3]

Lu Prefecture
Traditional Chinese
Hanyu PinyinLú Zhōu

Population
 • 740s or 750s205,396[1]
 • 1100s178,359[2]
History
 • Preceded byLujiang Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1277 (Yuan dynasty)
 • Succeeded byLuzhou Route
Contained within
 • Circuit

Counties

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Lu Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

# Sui dynasty Song dynasty Modern location
1 Hefei (合肥) Hefei (City Proper)[4]
2 Shen ()
  • Shen, 960–1162
  • Liang (梁), after 1162
Feidong County[5]
3 Xiang'an (襄安) Chao () administered by Wuwei Prefecture Chaohu[6]
4 Lujiang (廬江) Lujiang County[7]
5 Shucheng (舒城) Shucheng County[8]

During the Five Dynasties period, Lu Prefecture was administered by Wu from 907 to 937, by Southern Tang from 937 to 958, and by Later Zhou (who seized the prefecture from Southern Tang during the Southern Tang–Later Zhou War) from 958 to 960.

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 88.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 1307.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 1038.
  5. ^ Shi, pp. 2747, 2459.
  6. ^ Shi, pp. 2944, 2480.
  7. ^ Shi, p. 1307.
  8. ^ Shi, p. 2577.
  • Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
  • (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].