Ying Prefecture (Hebei)

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.

Ying Prefecture
Chinese
MandarinYíng Zhōu

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

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 dynastiesSui dynastyTang dynasty
Modern location
1Wuyuan (武垣)N/AHejian[4]
2N/AHejian (河間)
3N/AShucheng (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
LeshouXian County[6]

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

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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.
  • 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].


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