Duan Prefecture

Duan Prefecture
Chinese
Mandarin Duān Zhōu

Population
  740s or 750s 21,120[1]
  1070s or 1080s 25,130[2]
History
  Preceded by Gaoyao Commandery
  Created
  Abolished 1118 (Song dynasty)
  Succeeded by Zhaoqing Prefecture
Contained within
  Circuit

Duanzhou or Duan Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Guangdong, China, centering on modern Zhaoqing.[3] Duan Prefecture was a major production center of inkstones.

The modern Duanzhou District in Zhaoqing is named after the prefecture.

Counties

Duan Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history (Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, Southern Han and Song dynasty):

  1. Gaoyao (高要), roughly modern Zhaoqing city proper (probably around Gaoyao District).[4]
  2. Pingxing (平興), roughly modern Gaoming District, Foshan. Pingxing was abolished by the Song dynasty in 972.[5]
  3. Sihui (四會), roughly modern Sihui. Sihui was only under the administration of Duan Prefecture in the Song dynasty.[6]

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
  3. Shi, pp. 2808–9.
  4. Shi, p. 2170.
  5. Shi, pp. 655–6.
  6. Shi, p. 752.


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