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Mi Prefecture

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.

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Source
Mi Prefecture
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinMì Zhōu
Population
 • 740s or 750s146,5241
 • 1100s327,3402
History
 • Preceded byGaomi Commandery
 • Created
 • Abolished1368 (Ming dynasty)
Contained within
 • Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.3

Counties

Mi Prefecture administered the following counties () through history:

# Sui dynasty Tang dynasty Later Liang Later Tang Modern location
1 Zhucheng (諸城) Zhucheng4
2 Anqiu (安丘) Futang (輔唐) Anqiu Futang Jiaoxi (膠西) Anqiu Anqiu5
3 Jiaoxi Jiaozhou City6
4 Gaomi (高密) Gaomi7
5 Ju () Ju County8
References

References

  1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
  2. Song Shi, ch. 85.
  3. Shi, p. 2465.
  4. Shi, p. 2236.
  5. Shi, pp. 1107, 2336, 2153.
  6. Shi, p. 2153.
  7. Shi, p. 2176.
  8. Shi, p. 1767.
  • 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].