Fujian Circuit, also translated as Fujian Province, was one of the major
circuits during the
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...
of
imperial China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...
. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern
Chinese province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...
.
History
The Tang-era Fujian Circuit was renamed
Wuwei in 896.
List of governors
Tang
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Chen Yan (884–891)
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Wang Chao (893–896)
Song
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See also
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Qingyuan Jiedushi
Qingyuan Circuit () was a '' de facto'' independent entity and circuit late in China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, renamed to Pinghai Circuit () in 964. It was an office created in 949 by Southern Tang's second emperor Li Jing for ...
, an administrative circuit in the area created under
Southern Tang
Southern Tang ( zh, c=南唐, p=Nán Táng) was a Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic state of China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Located in southern China, the Southern Tang proclaimed itself to be the successor ...
that briefly remained nominally independent as well under Song
References
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Circuits of the Song dynasty
985 establishments
10th-century establishments in China
1278 disestablishments in Asia
13th-century disestablishments in China
Former circuits in Fujian
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