Jiangnanxidao (, ''Circuit of Western

Jiangnan Jiangnan is a geographic area in China referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including the southern part of its delta. The region encompasses the city of Shanghai, the southern part of Jiangsu ...

''; Gan: Kongnomsitau) was a southern circuit of

Tang Empire The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and T ...

. It corresponds to part of present-day

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Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

Anhui Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...

. Jiangnanxidao is the origin where the name "Jiangxi" derives from, and its administrative territories also roughly represent nowadays Gan-speaking areas in China. Jiangnanxidao was split from Jiangnandao in 733 with its capital located in Hongzhou (洪州, Gan: Fungjiu), modern-day

Nanchang Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strate ...

. Jiangnanxidao was divided into nineteen

prefectures A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...

, namely: * Xuanzhou, 宣州 * Shezhou, 歙州 * Chizhou, 池州 * Hongzhou, 洪州 * Jiangzhou, 江州 * Ezhou, 鄂州 * Yuezhou, 岳州 * Raozhou, 饒州 * Qianzhou, 虔州 * Jizhou, 吉州 * Yuanzhou, 袁州 * Xinzhou, 信州 * Fuzhou, 撫州 * Tanzhou, 潭州 * Hengzhou, 衡州 * Yongzhou, 永州 * Daozhou, 道州 * Binzhou, 郴州 * Shaozhou, 邵州

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