Yulin Prefecture

Yulin Prefecture (鬱林州) Yulin Commandery (鬱林郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	9,699[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 3,564 households[2]
History
• Preceded by	Yu Prefecture (鬱州)
• Created	666 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Yulin County
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Yulin Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	鬱林州
Simplified Chinese	郁林州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yùlín Zhōu
Yulin Commandery
Traditional Chinese	鬱林郡
Simplified Chinese	郁林郡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yùlín Jùn

Yulinzhou or Yulin Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southern Guangxi, China. It existed from 666 to 1912, and between 742 and 758 it was known as Yulin Commandery.^[3]

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
3. Shi, p. 1504.

• 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].