Jin Prefecture, also known by its Chinese name Jinzhou, was a
prefecture
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of
imperial China
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 chapte ...
. Its seat—also known as
Jinzhou—was at Pingyang (modern
Linfen,
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
).
History
Jin was created from
Tang Prefecture (, ''Tángzhōu'') in AD 528 under the
Northern Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
. It was named for the
Jin River that also gave its name to the
Jin march, duchy, and
empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
. Under the
Sui, it was renamed
Linfen Commandery
Linfen is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of and according to the 2020 Census, a population of 3,976, ...
(, ''Línfénjùn''). Under the
Tang
Tang or TANG most often refers to:
* Tang dynasty
* Tang (drink mix)
Tang or TANG may also refer to:
Chinese states and dynasties
* Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...
, it was renamed
Pingyang Commandery Pingyang (平阳) may refer to:
* Linfen, formerly known as Pingyang, prefecture-level city of Shanxi
*Princess Pingyang (平陽公主; d. 623), Chinese princess of the Tang Dynasty
* Pingyang County (平阳县), Wenzhou, Zhejiang
*Pingyang Townshi ...
(, ''Píngyángjùn''). It held 103,100 people in 28,250 households ; 97,505 people in 21,617 households in 639; and 429,221 people in 64,836 households in 742.
Geography
Jin Commandery in the
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
lay around modern
Linfen and
Hongtong
Hongtong County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,494 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 766,579 as ...
in
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
.
See also
*
Other Jin Prefectures
*
Other Jinzhous
References
* .
Prefectures of the Sui dynasty
Prefectures of the Tang dynasty
Former prefectures in Shanxi
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