Lizhou Circuit or Lizhou Province was one of the major
circuits during the
Song dynasty. It was split from
Xichuan Circuit in 1001.
In 1144 it was split into
Lizhou East Circuit and
Lizhou West Circuit. The 2 smaller circuits rejoined in 1168, split again in 1175, rejoined again in 1176, split again in 1178, rejoined again in 1194, split again in 1196, rejoined again in 1210, and split again in 1218.
Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of northern
Sichuan, southern
Shaanxi and southern
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
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References
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Circuits of the Song dynasty
1001 establishments
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