Zheng Prefecture

Simplified Chinese| 鄭州
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhèng Zhōu

Population|
• 740s or 750s| 367,881[1]
• 1100s| 41,848[2]
History|
• Preceded by| Xingyang Commandery
• Created|

* 583 (Sui dynasty)
* 621 (Tang dynasty)
* 1085 (Song dynasty)

• Abolished| 1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by| Zheng County
Contained within|
• Circuit|

* Henan Circuit
* Jingxi Circuit (960–1072)
* Jingxi North Circuit (after 1072)

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]

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

## Counties[edit]

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

# | Sui dynasty | Tang dynasty and after | Modern location

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1 | Guancheng (管城) | Zhengzhou[4]
2 | Xingze (滎澤)
3 | Xinzheng (新鄭) | Xinzheng[5]
4 | Xingyang (滎陽) |

* Xingyang, mostly
* Wutai (武泰), 691–696, 697–705

| Xingyang[6]
5 | Yuanling (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[edit]

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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Prefectures of Jingxi Circuit during the Song dynasty

Jingxi North Circuit|

* Henan (capital)
* Cai
* Chen
* Hua
* Meng
* Ru
* Ying (Anhui)
* Yingchang
* Zheng

Military prefectures|

* Xinyang

Jingxi South Circuit|

* Xiang (capital)
* Dèng
* Fang
* Jin
* Jun
* Sui
* Tang
* Ying (Hubei)

Military prefectures|

* Guanghua

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