Huainan Circuit

Summary

Huainan Circuit or Huainan Province was one of the major circuits during the Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties period, and early Song dynasty. Huainan was also the name of Wu, whose territorial claims was nearly identical to the circuit. In 1072 during the Song dynasty it was divided into 2 circuits: Huainan East Circuit and Huainan West Circuit.

Huainan Circuit
Chinese淮南道 or 淮南路

Its administrative area, between the Huai River and Yangtze, corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, southern Henan and northern Hubei, with a tiny part of Jiangxi.

Tang dynasty edit

Wu and Southern Tang edit

Song dynasty edit

The circuit administered roughly 22 prefectures (including 1 superior prefecture and 4 military prefectures) and 71 counties.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Song Shi, ch. 88.
  • (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi (宋史) [History of Song].
  • 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. 2444. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.