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text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Yōngzhōu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Yung Chou</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yong Province</b> or <b>Yongzhou</b> was the name of various regions and provinces in ancient China, usually around the <a href="/wiki/Wei_River" title="Wei River">Wei River</a> or the imperial capital. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_region">Geographical region</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geographical region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Documents" title="Book of Documents">Book of Documents</a></i>, Yongzhou is mentioned as one of the legendary <a href="/wiki/Nine_Provinces_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nine Provinces (China)">Nine Provinces</a> of China's prehistoric antiquity. </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/Western_Zhou_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Zhou dynasty">Western Zhou dynasty</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Jin_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Jin dynasty">Western Jin dynasty</a>, the name Yongzhou was applied to the area around the imperial capital, whether it was the <a href="/wiki/Wei_River" title="Wei River">Wei Valley</a> (also known as <a href="/wiki/Guanzhong" title="Guanzhong">Guanzhong</a>) or the territory around <a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Luoyang</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Han" title="Emperor Wu of Han">Emperor Wu</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Han_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Han dynasty">Western Han dynasty</a> created the 13 inspectorates (刺史部; <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">cishi bu</i></span>), the western part of Yongzhou became part of Liangzhou Inspectorate (凉州刺史部) and its eastern part was governed by the Colonel-Director of Retainers (司隶校尉). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Han_province">Han province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Han province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Emperor Wu of Han relocated the Han capital to <a href="/wiki/Luoyang" title="Luoyang">Luoyang</a>, he briefly established a formal Yong Province. However, he abolished it soon after. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Han_inspectorate">Han inspectorate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Han inspectorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In AD<span class="nowrap"> </span>194, the Eastern Han government established a Yongzhou Inspectorate overseeing the <a href="/wiki/Commandery_(China)" title="Commandery (China)">commanderies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wuwei,_Gansu" title="Wuwei, Gansu">Wuwei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zhangye" title="Zhangye">Zhangye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiuquan" title="Jiuquan">Jiuquan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunhuang" title="Dunhuang">Dunhuang</a>, and Xihai (西海) west of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liang_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liang River (page does not exist)">Liang River</a>. The inspectorate seat was at Guzhang (姑臧). In the year 213, the Liangzhou Inspectorate was abolished and the commanderies of the Three Guardians (三輔, <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">sanfu</i></span>) were absorbed as part of Yongzhou Inspectorate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wei_inspectorate">Wei inspectorate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wei inspectorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 220, amid the <a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Kingdoms Era">Three Kingdoms Era</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cao_Wei" title="Cao Wei">Wei</a> government reconstituted the Liangzhou Inspectorate from the eight commanderies of Yong Province west of the Liang River. Yong Province was established as an inspectorate to the east of Liangzhou and the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, near the commanderies of the Three Guardians near the capital of <a href="/wiki/Chang%27an" title="Chang'an">Chang'an</a>, with the inspectorate seat at Chang'an.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The situation remained the same throughout the <a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms" title="Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms</a> period and <a href="/wiki/Western_Jin_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Jin dynasty">Western Jin dynasty</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_Qin_province">Former Qin province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former Qin province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Former_Qin" title="Former Qin">Former Qin dynasty</a> suddenly shifted Yongzhou to Anding Commandery (安定郡) in present-day <a href="/wiki/Zhenyuan_County,_Gansu" title="Zhenyuan County, Gansu">Zhenyuan</a> and Puban Commandery (蒲坂郡) in present-day <a href="/wiki/Yongji,_Shanxi" title="Yongji, Shanxi">Yongji</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southern_&_Northern_geographical_regions"><span id="Southern_.26_Northern_geographical_regions"></span>Southern & Northern geographical regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Southern & Northern geographical regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the time of rival dynasties in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_and_Northern_Dynasties" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern and Northern Dynasties">Southern and Northern Dynasties</a> period, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Wei" title="Northern Wei">Northern Wei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Wei" title="Western Wei">Western Wei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Zhou" title="Northern Zhou">Northern Zhou</a> dynasties in the north referred to Yongzhou as to the periphery of <a href="/wiki/Chang%27an" title="Chang'an">Chang'an</a> with its government seat at Chang'an, while the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Jin_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Jin dynasty">Eastern Jin dynasty</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Dynasties" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Dynasties">Southern Dynasties</a> in the south referred to Yongzhou as the periphery of <a href="/wiki/Xiangyang" title="Xiangyang">Xiangyang</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sui_province">Sui province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sui province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the reunification of China by the <a href="/wiki/Sui_dynasty" title="Sui dynasty">Sui dynasty</a>, Yong Province's administrative centre was permanently set at <a href="/wiki/Chang%27an" title="Chang'an">Chang'an</a>, capital of the empire. During the Sui administrative reforms in 607 to transform the provincial system into a commandery system, <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Yang_of_Sui" title="Emperor Yang of Sui">Emperor Yang</a> renamed Yong Province to <a href="/wiki/Jingzhao_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Jingzhao Commandery">Jingzhao Commandery</a> (京兆郡). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tang_province">Tang province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yongzhou_(ancient_China)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tang province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> was established, it was reverted for some time back to Yong Province, until <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang" title="Emperor Xuanzong of Tang">Emperor Xuanzong</a> converted it again to Jingzhao Prefecture (京兆府). </p> <div 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href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_(realm)" title="Liang (realm)">Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yong_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yong Province">Yong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nine Provinces mentioned in<br />"Explaining Earth", <i><a href="/wiki/Erya" title="Erya">Erya</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ji Province">Ji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yan Province">Yan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="You Province">You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Xu Province">Xu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuzhou_(ancient_China)" title="Yuzhou (ancient China)">Yu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ying_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ying Province (page does not exist)">Ying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yong_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yong Province">Yong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nine Provinces mentioned in<br />"Clan Responsibilities", <i><a href="/wiki/Rituals_of_Zhou" class="mw-redirect" title="Rituals of Zhou">Rituals of Zhou</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ji Province">Ji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yan Province">Yan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Province">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="You Province">You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuzhou_(ancient_China)" title="Yuzhou (ancient China)">Yu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Bing Province">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yong_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yong Province">Yong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nine Provinces mentioned in<br />"Initial Survey", <i><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCshi_Chunqiu" title="Lüshi Chunqiu">Lüshi Chunqiu</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ji Province">Ji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yan Province">Yan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Province">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Xu Province">Xu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuzhou_(ancient_China)" title="Yuzhou (ancient China)">Yu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="You Province">You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yong_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yong Province">Yong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Provinces" title="Twelve Provinces">Twelve Provinces</a> in<br /><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Yao" title="Emperor Yao">Yao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shun_(Chinese_leader)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shun (Chinese leader)">Shun</a>'s time</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ji_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ji Province">Ji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yan Province">Yan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Province">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Xu Province">Xu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuzhou_(ancient_China)" title="Yuzhou (ancient China)">Yu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_(realm)" title="Liang (realm)">Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yong_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yong Province">Yong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="You Province">You</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Bing Province">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ying_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ying Province (page does not exist)">Ying</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Provinces_and_commanderies_of_the_Han_dynasty_(140_AD)580" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" 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dynasty">commanderies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> <small>(140 AD)</small></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sili_Province" title="Sili Province">Sili</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henan_Commandery" title="Henan Commandery">Henan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henei_Commandery" title="Henei Commandery">Henei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedong_Commandery" title="Hedong Commandery">Hedong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongnong_Commandery" title="Hongnong Commandery">Hongnong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingzhao" title="Jingzhao">Jingzhao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingyi_(region)" title="Pingyi (region)">Zuopingyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fufeng_(region)" title="Fufeng (region)">Youfufeng</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="14" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of Chinese provinces and commanderies in 219 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg/300px-Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg/450px-Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg/600px-Jian%27an_Commanderies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3125" data-file-height="2250" /></a></span> <small>Han provinces and commanderies in 219 CE</small></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yuzhou_(ancient_China)" title="Yuzhou (ancient China)">Yu Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yingchuan_Commandery" title="Yingchuan Commandery">Yingchuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runan_Commandery" title="Runan Commandery">Runan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Liang Commandery">Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pei_Commandery" title="Pei Commandery">Pei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Commandery" title="Chen Commandery">Chen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Commandery" title="Lu Commandery">Lu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ji_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ji Province">Ji Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wei_Commandery" title="Wei Commandery">Wei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julu_Commandery" title="Julu Commandery">Julu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changshan_Commandery" title="Changshan Commandery">Changshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongshan_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhongshan Commandery">Zhongshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xindu_Commandery" title="Xindu Commandery">Xindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hejian_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Hejian Commandery">Hejian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qinghe_Commandery" title="Qinghe Commandery">Qinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhao_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhao Commandery">Handan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohai_Commandery" title="Bohai Commandery">Bohai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yan Province">Yan Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chenliu_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chenliu Commandery (page does not exist)">Chenliu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Commandery" title="Dong Commandery">Dong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dongping_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dongping Commandery (page does not exist)">Dongping</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rencheng_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rencheng Commandery (page does not exist)">Rencheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taishan_Commandery" title="Taishan Commandery">Taishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jibei_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Jibei Commandery">Jibei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanyang_Commandery" title="Shanyang Commandery">Shanyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiyin_Commandery" title="Jiyin Commandery">Jiyin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Xu_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Xu Province">Xu Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donghai_Commandery" title="Donghai Commandery">Donghai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langya_Commandery" title="Langya Commandery">Langya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pengcheng_Commandery" title="Pengcheng Commandery">Pengcheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guangling_Commandery" title="Guangling Commandery">Guangling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linhuai_Commandery" title="Linhuai Commandery">Linhuai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Qing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Province">Qing Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jinan_Commandery" title="Jinan Commandery">Jinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingyuan_Commandery" title="Pingyuan Commandery">Pingyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le%27an_Commandery" title="Le'an Commandery">Le'an</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beihai_Commandery" title="Beihai Commandery">Beihai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donglai_Commandery" title="Donglai Commandery">Donglai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qi_Commandery" title="Qi Commandery">Qi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jing_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Jing Province">Jing Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanyang_Commandery" title="Nanyang Commandery">Nanyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nan_Commandery" title="Nan Commandery">Nan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiangxia_Commandery" title="Jiangxia Commandery">Jiangxia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lingling_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lingling Commandery (page does not exist)">Lingling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guiyang_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Guiyang Commandery">Guiyang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wuling_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wuling Commandery (page does not exist)">Wuling</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Changsha_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Changsha Commandery (page does not exist)">Changsha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yang_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang Province">Yang Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiujiang_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiujiang Commandery (page does not exist)">Jiujiang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danyang_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danyang Commandery (page does not exist)">Danyang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lujiang_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lujiang Commandery (page does not exist)">Lujiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaiji_Commandery" title="Kuaiji Commandery">Kuaiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Commandery" title="Wu Commandery">Wu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuzhang_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuzhang Commandery (page does not exist)">Yuzhang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yi_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Yi Province">Yi Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hanzhong_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hanzhong Commandery (page does not exist)">Hanzhong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ba Commandery (page does not exist)">Ba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guanghan_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guanghan Commandery (page does not exist)">Guanghan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shu_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shu Commandery (page does not exist)">Shu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jianwei_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jianwei Commandery (page does not exist)">Jianwei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zangke_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zangke Commandery (page does not exist)">Zangke</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuexi_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuexi Commandery (page does not exist)">Yuexi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yizhou_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yizhou Commandery (page does not exist)">Yizhou</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yoongchang_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yoongchang Commandery (page does not exist)">Yongchang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Liang_Province" title="Liang Province">Liang Province</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Longxi_Commandery" title="Longxi Commandery">Longxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanyang_Commandery" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyang Commandery">Hanyang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wudu_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wudu Commandery (page does not exist)">Wudu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jincheng_Commandery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jincheng Commandery (page does not exist)">Jincheng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anding_Commandery" 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