Liangzhe Circuit

Liangzhe Circuit
Chinese	兩浙路
Mandarin	Liǎngzhè Lù
Liangzhe Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100
Population
• 1162	4,327,322[1]
History
• Created	997 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1160s (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Liangzhe West Circuit Liangzhe East Circuit
• HQ	Hang Prefecture

Liangzhe Circuit or Liangzhe Province was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty. In 1074 it was divided into 2 circuits: Liangzhe East Circuit and Liangzhe West Circuit but quickly recombined; after another brief split in 1076–1077, Liangzhe Circuit was permanently split in the 1160s.

Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, as well as the modern metropolitan Shanghai.

References

1. Song Shi, ch. 88.

• 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. 1244. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.