Bai Prefecture

Baizhou or Bai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southern Guangxi, China. It existed intermittently from 623 to 1136, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Nanchang Commandery.[3]

Bai Prefecture (白州)
Nanchang Commandery (南昌郡)
Population
  740s or 750s9,498[1]
  1070s or 1080sUnknown, 4,589 households[2]
History
  Preceded byNan Prefecture (南州)
  Created623 (Tang dynasty)
  Abolished1136 (Song dynasty)
Contained within
  Circuit
Bai Prefecture
Chinese
Nanchang Commandery
Chinese

Counties

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

Nanchang, Jianning, and Zhouluo, all abolished by the Song dynasty in 972, are probably all in modern Bobai County.

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. Shi, p. 783.
  4. Shi, p. 2494.
  5. Shi, p. 1803.
  6. Shi, p. 1709.
  7. Shi, p. 1623.
  • 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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