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Ying Prefecture (Hebei)

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Ying Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinYíng Zhōu

Population
 • 740s or 750s663,171[1]
 • 1100s60,206[2]
History
 • Preceded byHejian Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1108 (Song dynasty)
 • Succeeded byHejian Prefecture
Contained within
 • Circuit

Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hebei, China, seated in modern Hejian.[3] It existed (intermittently) from 487 until 1108.

It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures ceded by Later Jin to the Liao dynasty, however, just 2 decades later it was seized by Later Zhou during the Liao–Later Zhou War.

The modern town Yingzhou, Hebei in Hejian retains its name.

Counties

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Ying Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

# Northern and Southern dynasties Sui dynasty Tang dynasty Modern location
1 Wuyuan (武垣) Hejian[4]
2 Hejian (河間)
3 Shucheng (束城)
4 Chengping (成平) Jingcheng (景城) Cang County (western part)[5]
5 Lecheng (樂城)
  • Guangcheng (廣城), 598–601
  • Leshou (樂壽), after 601
Leshou Xian County[6]

Two other counties were administered by Ying Prefecture before the Five Dynasties period:

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 39.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 86.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 2965.
  4. ^ Shi, pp. 1434, 1657, 1241.
  5. ^ Shi, pp. 960, 2544.
  6. ^ Shi, pp. 813, 227.
  7. ^ Shi, p. 2165.
  8. ^ Shi, pp. 669, 131.
  • 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].