Tongcheng, Anhui
Tongcheng () is a county-level city and former county in the southwest of Anhui province and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. Its population is and its area is . Tongcheng is noted for the Tongcheng School. Administrative divisions Tongcheng City has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 2 others. ;Subdistricts * Longteng Subdistrict () * Wenchang Subdistrict () * Longmin Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Others * Tongcheng Economic Development Zone () * Tongcheng Shuangxin Economic Development Zone () Climate Notable people * Zhang Tingyu, advisor to three Qing Dynasty emperors * Chu Bo, the former governor of Hunan Province, and currently party chief in Inner Mongolia, was born in Tongcheng. * Fang Bao, author * Fang Lanfen, author * Fang Quan, author, Qing prefect * Fang Chih, Chinese diplomat * Gui Congyou, diplomat, appointed China's ambassador to Sweden in 2017 * Wang Wenbin, diplomat, one of the spokesperson for the Ministry of Forei ...
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County-level City
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity and a county which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of Chin ...
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Zhang Tingyu
Zhang Tingyu (, October 29, 1672 – May 19, 1755) was a Han Chinese politician and historian who lived in the Qing dynasty. Biography Zhang Tingyu was born in Tongcheng in Anhui province. In 1700, he obtained a ''jinshi'' position in the imperial examination and shortly afterwards he was appointed to the Hanlin Academy. He subsequently rose through the ranks in the Qing civil service and served under the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. Zhang Tingyu was especially trusted by the Yongzheng Emperor, who made him one of the first members of the Grand Council, an informal state organ which would, in due course, develop into the emperor's own privy council. His colleagues included renowned figures like Maci. Zhang was an upstanding civil service officer and highly praised for both his upright character and principled background. Having considerable skill in literature, he compiled the ''History of Ming'' in 1739. There is some confusion as to whether he or another tr ...
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Tongcheng Shuangxin Economic Development Zone
Tongcheng may refer to the following places in China: * Tongcheng, Anhui (桐城市), county-level city *Tongcheng County (), Xianning, Hubei * Tongcheng, Linquan County (同城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Tianchang (铜城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Shanxi (桐城镇), town in Wenxi County *Tongcheng Subdistrict, Fuding (桐城街道), Fujian *Tongcheng Subdistrict, Harbin Tongcheng may refer to the following places in China: *Tongcheng, Anhui (桐城市), county-level city *Tongcheng County (), Xianning, Hubei * Tongcheng, Linquan County (同城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Tianchang (铜城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Shan ...

Tongcheng Economic Development Zone
Tongcheng may refer to the following places in China: * Tongcheng, Anhui (桐城市), county-level city *Tongcheng County (), Xianning, Hubei * Tongcheng, Linquan County (同城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Tianchang (铜城镇), Anhui * Tongcheng, Shanxi (桐城镇), town in Wenxi County *Tongcheng Subdistrict, Fuding (桐城街道), Fujian *Tongcheng Subdistrict, Harbin (通城街道), in Acheng District Acheng District (Manchu Language: Alcuka Hoton) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southeastern suburbs. The district was approved to es ... * Tongcheng Subdistrict, Dong'e County (铜城街道), Shandong {{geodis ...
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Xunyu (town)
The Xunyu (; Old Chinese: ( ZS) *''qʰun-lug'', (Schuessler): *''hun-juk'') is the name of an ancient nomadic tribe which invaded China during legendary times. They are traditionally identified with the Guifang, the Xianyun and the Xiongnu. Identification Chinese annals contain a number of references to the ''Xunyu''. The earliest authors were Sima Qian (c. 145 or 135 BC – 86 BC), Ying Shao (AD 140–206), Wei Zhao (204-273), and Jin Zhuo (c. late 3rd or 4th century). They claimed that ''Xunyu'' or '' Xianyun'' were names that designated nomadic people who during the Han dynasty were called ''Xiongnu'' (匈奴). Sima Zhen quoted Zhang Yan (張晏) as saying that “Chunwei, during the Yin era, fled to the northern borders.”; immediately after, Sima Zhen stated that Yue Chan (樂產) wrote in the now-lost Guadipu (括地譜) "Register of the Encompassing Lands" that: “Jie, (ruler of) the House of Xia lived an immoral life. Tang exiled him to Mingtiao, he died there three ...
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