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(Redirected from Yuezhou (in modern Hunan)) For other uses, see Yueyang. Not to be confused with Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang). Prefecture in imperial China
Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYuè Zhōu
Population
 • 740s or 750s50,298
 • 1100s128,450
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 (縣) through history:

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

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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