Lian_Prefecture_(Guangdong)

Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Historical administrative division in Guangdong, China

Not to be confused with Lian Prefecture (Guangxi).

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern Guangdong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 590 to 1912. Between mid-600s and 621 it was known as Xiping Commandery, and between 742 and 758 as Lianshan Commandery.[3]

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Counties

  1. Guiyang (桂陽), modern Lianzhou[4]
  2. Yangshan (陽山), modern Yangshan County[5]
  3. Lianshan (連山), modern Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. [2]
    Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. [3]
    Shi, p. 1252.
  4. [4]
    Shi, p. 2081.
  5. [5]
    Shi, p. 1138.
  6. [6]
    Shi, pp. 1251–2.
  • 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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