Yue Prefecture (Hunan)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hunan, China, centering on modern Yueyang.

Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYuè Zhōu
Population
 • 740s or 750s50,298[1]
 • 1100s128,450[2]
History
 • Preceded byBaling Commandery
 • Created
 • KingdomChu (907–951)

Counties

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Yue Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

# Sui dynasty Tang dynasty Chu Song dynasty Modern location
1 Baling (巴陵) Yueyang[3]
2 Huarong (華容) Huarong County[4]
3 Changjiang (昌江) Pingjiang (平江) Pingjiang County[5]
4
  • Wangchao (王朝), 994–996
  • Linxiang (臨湘), after 996
Linxiang, Hunan[6]
5 Xiangyin (湘陰) Xiangyin County[7]
6 Yuanjiang (沅江)
  • Yuanjiang, 618–750s
  • Qiaojiang (橋江), 750s–907
Qiaojiang Yuanjiang[8]

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 88.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 513.
  4. ^ Shi, p. 1021.
  5. ^ Shi, pp. 1533, 655.
  6. ^ Shi, pp. 284, 1865.
  7. ^ Shi, p. 2607.
  8. ^ Shi, pp. 1322, 2089.
  • 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].