Beihai Commandery
Beihai Commandery (Chinese: 北海郡) was a historical commandery of China, located in present-day northern Shandong province.
Beihai was created during
Western Han as marquessates from neighboring kingdoms were added to the commandery.[1] In late Western Han, it covered 26 counties and marquessates: Yingling (營陵), Jukui (劇魁), Anqiu (安丘), Zhi (瓡), Chunyu (淳于), Yi (益), Pingshou (平壽), Ju (劇), Duchang (都昌), Pingwang (平望), Pingdi (平的), Liuquan (柳泉), Shouguang (壽光), Lewang (樂望), Rao (饒), Zhen (斟), Sangdu (桑犢), Pingcheng (平城), Mixiang (密鄉), Yangshi (羊石), Ledu (樂都), Shixiang (石鄉), Shangxiang (上鄉), Xincheng (新成), Chengxiang (成鄉) and Jiaoyang (膠陽). The population in 2 AD was 593,159, or 127,000 households.[2]
In early Eastern Han, the neighboring commanderies
Book of Later Han
recorded 7 kings of Beihai:
- Liu Xing (興), King Jing (靖) of Beihai, 52–65;
- Liu Mu (睦), King Jing (敬) of Beihai, 65–76;
- Liu Ji (基), King Ai (哀) of Beihai, 76–90;
- Liu Wei (威), 90–97;
- Liu Pu (普), King Qing (頃) of Beihai, 107–125;
- Liu Yi (翼), King Gong (恭) of Beihai, 125–140;
- King Kang (康) of Beihai, 140–?[3]
In 140 AD, the kingdom administered 18 counties and marquessates: Ju, Yingling, Pingshou, Duchang, Anqiu, Chunyu, Pingchang (平昌), Zhuxu (朱虛), Dong'anping (東安平),
Jimo (即墨), Zhuangwu (壯武), Xiami (下密) and Ting (挺). The population was 853,604, or 158,641 households.[4]
From
Liu Song dynasty, Beihai covered 6 counties (Duchang, Jiaodong, Ju, Jimo, Xiami, Pingshou) and had a population of 35,995, in 3,968 households. During Emperor Ming of Song's reign, the region was conquered by Northern Wei along with the rest of Song territories north of Huai River.[5] The commandery was abolished in early Sui dynasty
.
In Sui and
Linzi, Qiansheng (千乘), Shouguang, Linqu, Bochang (博昌) and Beihai. The population was 402,704, in 73,148 households.[6]
References
- ^ Zhou, Zhenhe (1987). Xihan Zhengqu Dili 西汉政区地理. Beijing: People's Press. pp. 112–114.
- ^ Book of Han, Chapter 28.
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 14.
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 112.
- ^ Book of Song, Chapter 36.
- ^ New Book of Tang, Chapter 38.
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