Fujian Circuit, also translated as Fujian Province, was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty of imperial China. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern Chinese province of Fujian.[2]
Fujian Circuit | |
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Simplified Chinese | 福建路 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fújiàn Lù |
![]() Fujian Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100 | |
Population | |
• 1162 | 2,828,852[1] |
History | |
• Created | 985 (Song dynasty) |
• Abolished | 1278 (Yuan dynasty) |
• HQ | Fu Prefecture |
History
editThe Tang-era Fujian Circuit was renamed Wuwei in 896.
List of governors
editTang
editSong
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See also
edit- Qingyuan Jiedushi, an administrative circuit in the area created under Southern Tang that briefly remained nominally independent as well under Song
References
editBibliography
edit- Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
- (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].