Anzhou () was a prefecture (州) created by the
Liang dynasty
The Liang dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Liang () in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the third of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. It was preceded by the South ...
.
Initially, its prefecture seat was at Songshou county (宋寿县, located on the northwest banks of the Qin River, northeast of modern
Qinzhou
Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' ( Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' (Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 c ...
), which was a part of Songshou commandery (宋寿郡). After the
Sui conquest of
Chen, Songshou commandery was abolished. In 598, Anzhou was changed into Qinzhou prefecture, and its prefecture seat of Songshou county became part of the Ningyue commandery (宁越郡).
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Book of Sui
The ''Book of Sui'' (''Suí Shū'') is the official history of the Sui dynasty. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written by Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, and Zhangsun Wuji, with Wei Zheng as the lead author. ...
, Chapter 26: 地理下
Guangxi
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