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

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

Counties

Yue Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

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

References

  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].


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