Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.[3]

Zheng Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Zhōu

Population
 • 740s or 750s367,881[1]
 • 1100s41,848[2]
History
 • Preceded byXingyang Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1913 (Republic of China)
 • Succeeded byZheng County
Contained within
 • Circuit

The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.

Counties

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Zheng Prefecture administered the following counties () for the most part of history:

# Sui dynasty Tang dynasty and after Modern location
1 Guancheng (管城) Zhengzhou[4]
2 Xingze (滎澤)
3 Xinzheng (新鄭) Xinzheng[5]
4 Xingyang (滎陽)
  • Xingyang, mostly
  • Wutai (武泰), 691–696, 697–705
Xingyang[6]
5 Yuanling (原陵) Yuanwu (原武) Yuanyang County, Henan[7]

Two other counties, Yangwu (陽武)[8] and Zhongmu (中牟)[9] were part of Zheng Prefecture during the Tang dynasty, but after Later Liang (except briefly during Later Tang) they were administered by Kaifeng Prefecture.

References

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  1. ^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. ^ Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. ^ Shi, p. 1643.
  4. ^ Shi, pp. 2800, 1773–4.
  5. ^ Shi, p. 2735.
  6. ^ Shi, p. 1773.
  7. ^ Shi, p. 2103.
  8. ^ Shi, p. 1142.
  9. ^ Shi, p. 390.
  • 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) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].