Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing.[3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.

Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYuè Zhōu

Population
  740s or 750s529,589[1]
  1100s367,390[2]
History
  Preceded byKuaiji Commandery
  Created
  Abolished1131 (Song dynasty)
  Succeeded byShaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
  Circuit
  KingdomWuyue (907–978)
  Circuit

Counties

Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#Sui dynastyTang dynastyWuyueSong dynastyModern location
1Kuaiji (會稽)Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing[4]
2Shanyin (山陰)
3Shangyu (上虞)Shangyu District, Shaoxing[5]
4Zhuji (諸暨)
  • Zhuji, 618–880s
  • Jiyang (暨陽), 880s–908
ZhujiZhuji[6]
5Shan (剡)Shan (贍)
  • Shan (剡), 979–1121
  • Sheng (嵊), after 1121
Shengzhou[7]
6Xinchang (新昌)Xinchang County[8]
7Yuyao (餘姚)Yuyao[9]
8Xiaoshan (蕭山)Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou[10]

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 88.
  3. Shi, p. 2491.
  4. Shi, pp. 1035, 207.
  5. Shi, p. 185.
  6. Shi, pp. 2238, 2825.
  7. Shi, pp. 2197, 2937, 2696.
  8. Shi, p. 2733.
  9. Shi, p. 1289.
  10. Shi, p. 2280.
  • 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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