Ying Prefecture (Hebei)

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Ying Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Yíng Zhōu
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Population
  740s or 750s663,171 [1]
  1100s60,206 [2]
History
  Preceded by Hejian Commandery
  Created
  Abolished1108 (Song dynasty)
  Succeeded by Hejian 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

Ying Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

# Northern and Southern dynasties Sui dynasty Tang dynasty Modern location
1Wuyuan (武垣) Hejian [4]
2Hejian (河間)
3Shucheng (束城)
4Chengping (成平)Jingcheng (景城) Cang County (western part) [5]
5Lecheng (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

  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.