Bai Prefecture

Bai Prefecture (白州)
Nanchang Commandery (南昌郡)
Population
 • 740s or 750s 9,498[1]
 • 1070s or 1080s Unknown, 4,589 households[2]
History
 • Preceded by Nan Prefecture (南州)
 • Created 623 (Tang dynasty)
 • Abolished 1136 (Song dynasty)
Contained within
 • Circuit
Bai Prefecture
Chinese 白州
Nanchang Commandery
Chinese 南昌郡

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]

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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