Yue Prefecture (Hunan)

Yue Prefecture
Chinese
Mandarin Yuè Zhōu
Population
  740s or 750s 50,298[1]
  1100s 128,450[2]
History
  Preceded by Baling Commandery
  Created
  Kingdom Chu (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]
3 Changjiang (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
Qiaojiang Yuanjiang[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.
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