Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese岳州
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 (縣) 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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