Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

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Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin Yuè Zhōu
Yueprefecture.png
Population
  740s or 750s529,589 [1]
  1100s367,390 [2]
History
  Preceded by Kuaiji Commandery
  Created
  Abolished1131 (Song dynasty)
  Succeeded by Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
   Circuit
  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 dynasty Tang dynasty Wuyue Song dynasty Modern 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
Zhuji Zhuji [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]

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  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 88.
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