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Jiaozhou (;
Wade–Giles
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: Chiao
1-Cho
1; vi, Giao Châu) was an
imperial Chinese
The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the ''Book of Documents'' (early chapter ...
province
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under the
Han
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** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
and
Jin dynasties
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. Under the Han, the area included
Liangguang
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and
northern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam ( vi, Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions within Vietnam. It consists of three administrative regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng S ...
but
Guangdong
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was later separated to form the province of
Guangzhou
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by
Sun Quan
Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...
following the death of
Shi Xie
Shi Xie () (137–226), courtesy name Weiyan, also rendered as Sĩ Nhiếp in Vietnamese, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. He served as th ...
and lasted until the creation of the
Annan Protectorate in 679.
History
Han dynasty
In 111 BC, the armies of
Emperor Wu conquered the rebel state of
Nanyue
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and organized the area as the circuit (
部 ''bù'') of Jiaozhi, under the rule of a ''cishi'' (
:zh:刺史 (cìshǐ)
:vi:thứ sử). In addition to six original
commanderies (
Nanhai Nanhai () may refer to:
*''Nanhai'', the Chinese name for the South China Sea, one of the Four Seas
*Nanhai Commandery, the former Chinese administration over Liangguang
*''Nanhai'', the Chinese name for the South China Sea Islands
*The '' Nanhai I ...
,
Hepu
Hepu (), alternately romanized as Hoppo, Hopu or Hop'u, is a county under the administration of Beihai City in southeastern Guangxi, China. It borders Lianjiang (Guangdong) to the southeast, Bobai County to the northeast, the Gulf of Tonkin to th ...
,
Cangwu
Cangwu County (; Zhuang: ') is a county in eastern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, bordering Guangdong province to the east. It is under the administration of Wuzhou
Wuzhou (, postal: Wuchow; za, Ngouzcouh / Ŋouƨcouƅ), formerly N ...
,
Yulin,
Jiaozhi
Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: ''Jiāozhǐ''), or Giao Chỉ (Vietnamese), was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Co ...
and
Jiuzhen
Jiuzhen (Vietnamese: Cửu Chân, Chinese: 九真) was a Chinese commandery within Jiaozhou. It is located in present-day Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam.
Michel Ferlus (2012) and Frédéric Pain (2020) propose that 九真 Old Chinese
Old Ch ...
), the Han Empire conquered new territories on
Hainan
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as well as in the area south of the
Ngang Pass
The Ngang Pass ( vi, Đèo Ngang, , literally "Transverse Mountain Pass") is a mountain pass on the border of the provinces of Quảng Bình and Hà Tĩnh, in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. National Route 1 crosses it as it traverses the ...
and established them as the commanderies of
Zhuya
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,
Dan'er
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
, and
Rinan.
In 203 CE, Jiaozhi circuit (交趾部 Jiāozhǐ bù) was raised to a
zhou or province, under the name Jiaozhou (交州 Jiāozhōu).
Eastern Wu
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Following the death of
Shi Xie
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in 226 CE,
Eastern Wu
Wu ( Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < : ''*ŋuɑ''), known in h ...
divided Jiaozhou into
Guangzhou
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and the new Jiaozhou. However, after suppressing Shi Hui (
士徽), son of Shi Xie, Eastern Wu re-annexed Guangzhou into Jiaozhou. It was only in 264 CE that Jiaozhou was re-divided: Guangzhou was composed of three commanderies of Nanhai, Cangwu and Yulin while the new Jiaozhou was composed of four commanderies of Hepu, Jiaozhi,
Jiuzhen
Jiuzhen (Vietnamese: Cửu Chân, Chinese: 九真) was a Chinese commandery within Jiaozhou. It is located in present-day Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam.
Michel Ferlus (2012) and Frédéric Pain (2020) propose that 九真 Old Chinese
Old Ch ...
and
Rinan. Also in the same year, a Roman envoy arrived in Jiaozhi of Jiaozhou and was hastened to the Wu court. In 229, Eastern Wu sent embassy to
Funan
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, where merchants from India and beyond gathered.
The Wu regime was harsh. Turmoil plagued the southern commanderies by the mid third century. In 231,
Lac Viet
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Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infes ...
people in Jiuzhen revolted but was "pacified" by a Wu general. In 248,
Lâm Ấp
Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *''liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚'', > standard Chinese: Linyi) was a kingdom located in central Vietnam that existed from around 192 AD to 629 AD in what is today central Vietnam, and was one of th ...
forces invaded from the south, seized most of Rinan, and marched on into Jiuzhen, provoking major uprisings there and in Jiaozhi. One Jiaozhi rebel commanded thousands and invested several walled towns before Wu officials got him to surrender.
In Jiuzhen, a Lạc Việt woman named Triệu Ẩu (
Lady Triệu
Lady Triệu ( vi, Bà Triệu, , Chữ Nôm: 226 - 248) or Triệu Ẩu (, Chữ Hán: ); was a warrior in 3rd century Vietnam who managed, for a time, to resist the rule of the Chinese Eastern Wu dynasty. She is also called , although her ac ...
) led a rebellion against the Wu in 248, but was suppressed by
Lu Yin.
In 263, "
Yue barbarians" in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen under Lã Hưng revolted against the Wu dynasty. The rebels handed the region over to Wu's rival, the northern Chinese kingdom of
Jin. In 268 and 269, they held off large Wu armies and fleets, which eventually retook Jiaozhi's ports and main towns in 271. Fighting continued in the countryside until 280, when Jin destroyed Wu, reunifying China.
Jin dynasty
In the early period of Jin dynasty, the imperial court favored the southern trade networks with prosperity kingdoms of
Funan
Funan (; km, ហ៊្វូណន, ; vi, Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states ''(Mandala)''—located in mainla ...
and
Lâm Ấp
Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *''liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚'', > standard Chinese: Linyi) was a kingdom located in central Vietnam that existed from around 192 AD to 629 AD in what is today central Vietnam, and was one of th ...
. Along with this brief peacetime “boom” in the southern trade, Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen enjoyed some autonomy from China until
the 320s. In 312 rebels and imperial units fought each other with ferocity over Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen. Frustrated by the difficulty of trade, Lâm Ấp itself resorted from 323 to seaborne raids on northern ports in Jiaozhou. Though defeated in 399, Lâm Ấp continued its raids on Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen for two decades. A Chinese rebel army from
Zhejiang
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briefly seized Jiaozhi's capital in 411.
During the Jin dynasty and
Six dynasties
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period of China, the Li-Lao people extended their territories right along the south coast of modern
Guangdong
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and Guangxi, in a swath of land to the east of the
Red River Delta
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and south and west of the
Pearl River Delta
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, occupied the overland roads between Guangzhou and Jiaozhou. The people of Li-Lao country put anyone traveled through their territories in dangers.
Southern dynasties
In 446,
Liu Song dynasty
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invaded Lâm Ấp, captured Lâm Ấp's capital (near modern
Huế
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). The Chinese attackers plundered its eight temples and treasury, carrying off 100,000 pounds of gold. Despite that, the revived Lâm Ấp was flourishing on the ever more lucrative passing sea trade.
Rebellions broke out in Jiaozhou from 468 to 485, and in 506 and 515 under
Liang dynasty
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.
In 541,
Lý Bôn
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, a leader of the local Li clan which had Sinitic ancestry, revolted against the Liang. In 544 he defeated the Liang and proclaimed himself ''Emperor of Nán Yuè'' with reign era ''Thiên-đức''. Jiaozhou briefly became independence from the Chinese dynasties. In 545,
Chen Baxian led the Liang army attack Jiaozhou, forced Lý Bôn fled west into the mountains above the Red River, where he was killed by Lao highlanders in 548. However even after Lý Bôn's death, Jiaozhou remained autonomous. In 583, Lý Hữu Vinh, a local leader of Jiaozhou sent a trained elephant to the Chen court.
Sui dynasty
Around 589-590 Lý Xuân (
Lý Phật Tử
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) became the leader of the autonomous Jiaozhou. As the authority of
Sui gradually consolidated in Kwangsi and Kwangdong, Lý Phật Tử recognized Sui over lordship. In 601, governor of Guangzhou, Ling-hu Hsi forwarded an imperial summons for Phật Tử to appear at the Sui capital. Resolved to resist this demand, Phật Tử sought delay by requesting that the summons be postponed until after the new year. Hsi approved the request, believing that he could keep Phật Tử's allegiance by exercising restraint. Someone, however, accused Hsi of taking a bribe from Phật Tử, and the court grew suspicious. When Phật Tử openly rebelled early in 602, Hsi was promptly arrested; he died en route north. This caused the Sui court called general
Liu Fang
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to command 27,000 troops attacked Lý Phật Tử from
Yunnan
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in 602. At Đỗ Long Pass, on the watershed
between the
Hsi and
Chảy Rivers, Fang met two thousand of Phật Tử's men. Brushing aside this unsuspecting frontier garrison, Fang descended the Chay River and penetrated into the heart of Phật Tử's realm. Unprepared to resist an assault from such an unexpected quarter, Phật Tử heeded Fang's admonition to surrender and was sent to the Sui capital at
Chang'an
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.
Lý Phật Tử
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and his subordinates were beheaded to preclude future trouble. This marked the
Third Chinese domination of Vietnam
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.
Tang dynasty
In 622,
Xiao Xian
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was defeated by the Tang and the Chinese warlord in Jiaozhou Ch'iu Ho submitted to the
Tang dynasty
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.
In 679,
Protectorate General to Pacify the South
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was created and replaced the Jiaozhou protectorate.
Ming dynasty
The name "
Jiaozhi
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" was revived for the province encompassing northern Vietnam in the
Ming dynasty
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.
See also
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and
Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
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