Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Not to be confused with Yue Prefecture (Hunan).

Yue Prefecture
Chinese
Mandarin Yuè Zhōu

Population
  740s or 750s 529,589[1]
  1100s 367,390[2]
History
  Preceded by Kuaiji Commandery
  Created
  Abolished 1131 (Song dynasty)
  Succeeded by Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
  Circuit
  • Jiangnan Circuit (621–733)
  • Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733)
  • Zhejiang East Circuit (758–907)
  Kingdom Wuyue (907–978)
  Circuit

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.

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.


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