Mi Prefecture

"Mizhou" redirects here. For the modern subdistrict in Zhucheng, see Mizhou Subdistrict.

Mi Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	密 州
Hanyu Pinyin	Mì Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	146,524 [1]
• 1100s	327,340 [2]
History
• Preceded by	Gaomi Commandery
• Created	585 (Sui dynasty) 622 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1368 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
•  Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingdong Circuit (960–1072) Jingdong East Circuit (after 1072) Shandong East Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty. ^[3]

Counties

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

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Later Liang	Later Tang	Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou	Song dynasty Jin dynasty Yuan dynasty	Modern location
1	Zhucheng (諸城)						Zhucheng [4]
2	Anqiu (安丘)	Futang (輔唐)	Anqiu	Futang	Jiaoxi (膠西)	Anqiu	Anqiu [5]
3						Jiaoxi	Jiaozhou City [6]
4	Gaomi (高密)						Gaomi [7]
5	Ju (莒)						Ju County [8]

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
2. Song Shi, ch. 85.
3. Shi , p. 2465.
4. Shi , p. 2236.
5. Shi , pp. 1107, 2336, 2153.
6. Shi , p. 2153.
7. Shi , p. 2176.
8. Shi , p. 1767.

• 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].