Lian Prefecture (Guangdong)

Lian Prefecture (連州) Xiping Commandery (熙平郡) Lianshan Commandery (連山郡)
Population
• 740s or 750s	143,533[1]
• 1070s or 1080s	Unknown, 36,943 households[2]
History
• Created	590 (Sui dynasty)
• Abolished	1912 (R.O. China)
• Succeeded by	Lian County
Contained within
• Circuit	Tang dynasty: Lingnan Circuit Song dynasty: Guangnan Circuit Guangnan West Circuit

Lian Prefecture
Traditional Chinese	連州
Simplified Chinese	连州
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lián Zhōu

Lianzhou or Lian Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern northwestern Guangdong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 590 to 1912. Between mid-600s and 621 it was known as Xiping Commandery, and between 742 and 758 as Lianshan Commandery.^[3]

Counties

1. Guiyang (桂陽), modern Lianzhou^[4]
2. Yangshan (陽山), modern Yangshan County^[5]
3. Lianshan (連山), modern Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County^[6]

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 43.
2. Song Shi, ch. 90.
3. Shi, p. 1252.
4. Shi, p. 2081.
5. Shi, p. 1138.
6. Shi, pp. 1251–2.

• 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].