Zheng Prefecture

Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.[3]

Zheng Prefecture
Chinese
MandarinZhèng Zhōu

Population
  740s or 750s367,881[1]
  1100s41,848[2]
History
  Preceded byXingyang Commandery
  Created
  Abolished1913 (Republic of China)
  Succeeded byZheng County
Contained within
  Circuit
  • Henan Circuit
  • Jingxi Circuit (960–1072)
  • Jingxi North Circuit (after 1072)

The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.

Counties

Zheng Prefecture administered the following counties () for the most part of history:

#Sui dynastyTang dynasty and afterModern location
1Guancheng (管城)Zhengzhou[4]
2Xingze (滎澤)
3Xinzheng (新鄭)Xinzheng[5]
4Xingyang (滎陽)
  • Xingyang, mostly
  • Wutai (武泰), 691–696, 697–705
Xingyang[6]
5Yuanling (原陵)Yuanwu (原武)Yuanyang County, Henan[7]

Two other counties, Yangwu (陽武)[8] and Zhongmu (中牟)[9] were part of Zheng Prefecture during the Tang dynasty, but after Later Liang (except briefly during Later Tang) they were administered by Kaifeng Prefecture.

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. Shi, p. 1643.
  4. Shi, pp. 2800, 1773–4.
  5. Shi, p. 2735.
  6. Shi, p. 1773.
  7. Shi, p. 2103.
  8. Shi, p. 1142.
  9. Shi, p. 390.
  • 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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