Jiyin Commandery
Jiyin Commandery (Chinese: 濟陰郡) was a commandery in historical China from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located in what is now southwestern Shandong province.
In 144 BC, the
Dingtao (定陶), Yuanqu (冤句), Lüdu (呂都), Jiami (葭密), Chengyang (成陽), Juancheng (鄄城), Juyang (句陽), Du (秺), and Chengshi (乘氏).[3]
From 72 to 84 AD, a kingdom under Liu Chang (劉長), a son of
Jian'an Era
.
During the
Liu Song dynasty, and in Emperor Wen's reign, most of it was annexed by Northern Wei.[6] A new commandery, Pei, was split from Jiyin in 540. 4 counties remained: Dingtao, Lihu, Yuanqu and Chengshi.[7] The commandery was eventually abolished in early Sui dynasty
.
In Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiyin Commandery became the alternative name of Cao Prefecture. In 741, it administered 6 counties: Jiyin, Kaocheng (考城), Yuanqu, Chengshi, Nanhua (南華) and Chengwu.[8]
Population
| Dynasty | Western Han |
Eastern Han |
Western Jin |
Northern Wei | Sui dynasty | Tang dynasty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2 | 140 | 280 | 534 | 609 | 742 |
| Households | 292,005[3] | 133,715[5] | 7,600[9] | 29,836[7] | 140,948[10] | 100,352[8] |
| Population | 1,386,278 | 657,554 | 83,580 | 716,848 |
References
- ^ Book of Han, Chapter 14.
- ^ Book of Han, Chapter 80.
- ^ a b Book of Han, Chapter 28.
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 50.
- ^ Book of Later Han, Chapter 111.
- ^ Book of Song, Chapter 35.
- ^ a b Book of Wei, Chapter 106.
- ^ a b New Book of Tang, Chapter 38.
- ^ Book of Jin, Chapter 14.
- ^ Book of Sui, Chapter 30.
| Sili |  Han provinces and commanderies in 219 CE | |
|---|---|---|
| Yu Province | ||
Ji Province | ||
Yan Province | ||
Xu Province | ||
Qing Province | ||
Jing Province | ||
Yang Province | ||
Yi Province | ||
| Liang Province | ||
Bing Province | ||
| Shuofang Province | ||
You Province | ||
| Jiaozhi Province | ||
Full list (202 BC – 220 AD) | ||