Jingdong Circuit

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Map of Jingdong Circuit, the Jingdong East Circuit in brown, and Jingdong West Circuit in white
Jingdong Circuit
Traditional Chinese京東路
Simplified Chinese京东路
Literal meaning"East of the Capital" Circuit
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīngdōng Lù

Jingdong Circuit or Jingdong Province was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty.

In 977, the Guangji Army was established. In 979, parts of Cao, Chan, Pu, and Ji were carved out, counties were re-established, and placed under the jurisdiction of Guangji Army. In 1071, Guangji Army was abolished, and Dingtao County was placed under Cao Prefecture. In 1073, the Jingdong Circuit was officially divided into Jingdong East Circuit and Jingdong West Circuit. The boundary between the two circuits was set at present-day Mount Tai and the Yi River. The administrative seat of Jingdong East Circuit was located in Qizhou (now Jinan), while that of Jingdong West Circuit was in Yanzhou, later moved to Yingtian Fu (now Shangqiu).

In 1127, the Northern song was eliminated by Jin dynasty, during Jin dynasty, two parts of Jingdong Circuit were renamed Shandong East Circuit and Shandong West Circuit.

Administrative regions

Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of Shandong, northeastern Henan and northwestern Jiangsu.

Prefecture Modern location Description
East Circuit
Qizhou (capital)JinanAdministered five counties: Licheng, Yucheng, Zhangqiu, Changqing, Linyi.
QingzhouQingzhouAdministered six counties: Yidu, Shouguang, Linqu, Boxing, Qiancheng, Linzi.
MizhouZhuchengAdministered five counties: Zhucheng, Anqiu, Ju, Gaomi, Jiaoxi.
YizhouLinyiAdministered five counties: Linyi, Cheng, Yishui, Fei, Xintai.
DengzhouYantaiAdministered four counties: Penglai, Wendeng, Huang, Muping.
LaizhouLaizhouAdministered four counties: Ye, Laiyang, Jiaoshui, Jimo.
WeizhouWeifangAdministered three counties: Beihai, Changyi, Changle.
ZizhouZiboAdministered four counties: Zichuan, Changshan, Zouping, Gaoyuan.
West Circuit
Songzhou (capital) Shangqiu Administered six counties: Ningling, Songcheng, Gushu, Xiayi, Yucheng, Chuqiuxian.
YanzhouYanzhouAdministered seven counties: Xiaqiu (Xia), Fengfu, Sishui, Gongqiu (Gong), Xianyuan (Qufu), Laiwu, Zou.
XuzhouXuzhouAdministered five counties: Pengcheng, Pei, Xiao, Teng, Feng.
CaozhouCaoAdministered five counties: Jiyin, Wanting (Yuanqu), Chengshi, Nanhua, Dingtao.
YunzhouHezeAdministered six counties: Xucheng, Yanggu, Zhongdu, Shouzhang, Dong’e, Pingyin.
JizhouJuyeAdministered four counties: Juye, Rencheng, Jinxiang, Yuncheng.
ShanzhouShanAdministered four counties: Shanfu, Dangshan, Chengwu, Yutai.
PuzhouJuanchengAdministered four counties: Juancheng, Leize, Linpu, Fan.
Huaiyang ArmyAdministered two counties: Xiapi, Suqian.

References

  • 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. p. 1633. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.