Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Yue Prefecture
Chinese	越州
Mandarin	Yuè Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	529,589[1]
• 1100s	367,390[2]
History
• Preceded by	Kuaiji Commandery
• Created	605 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1131 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Jiangnan Circuit (621–733) Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733) Zhejiang East Circuit (758–907)
• Kingdom	Wuyue (907–978)
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (978–1074) Liangzhe East Circuit (after 1074)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing.^[3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.

Counties

Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Wuyue	Song dynasty	Modern location
1	Kuaiji (會稽)				Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing[4]
2	Shanyin (山陰)
3	Shangyu (上虞)				Shangyu District, Shaoxing[5]
4	Zhuji (諸暨)	Zhuji, 618–880s Jiyang (暨陽), 880s–908	Zhuji		Zhuji[6]
5	Shan (剡)		Shan (贍)	Shan (剡), 979–1121 Sheng (嵊), after 1121	Shengzhou[7]
6	Xinchang (新昌)		Xinchang County[8]
7	Yuyao (餘姚)				Yuyao[9]
8	Xiaoshan (蕭山)				Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou[10]

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 41.
2. Song Shi, ch. 88.
3. Shi, p. 2491.
4. Shi, pp. 1035, 207.
5. Shi, p. 185.
6. Shi, pp. 2238, 2825.
7. Shi, pp. 2197, 2937, 2696.
8. Shi, p. 2733.
9. Shi, p. 1289.
10. Shi, p. 2280.

• 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.
• (Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].