Zheng Prefecture

Zheng Prefecture
Chinese	鄭州
Mandarin	Zhèng Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	367,881[1]
• 1100s	41,848[2]
History
• Preceded by	Xingyang Commandery
• Created	583 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 1085 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1913 (Republic of China)
• Succeeded by	Zheng County
Contained within
• Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingxi Circuit (960–1072) Jingxi North Circuit (after 1072)

Zhengzhou or Zheng Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Zhengzhou, Henan, China. It existed (intermittently) from 583 until 1913 after the foundation of the Republic.^[3]

The modern prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, created only in 1948, retains its name.

Counties

Zheng Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) for the most part of history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty and after	Modern location
1	Guancheng (管城)		Zhengzhou[4]
2	Xingze (滎澤)
3	Xinzheng (新鄭)		Xinzheng[5]
4	Xingyang (滎陽)	Xingyang, mostly Wutai (武泰), 691–696, 697–705	Xingyang[6]
5	Yuanling (原陵)	Yuanwu (原武)	Yuanyang County, Henan[7]

Two other counties, Yangwu (陽武)^[8] and Zhongmu (中牟)^[9] were part of Zheng Prefecture during the Tang dynasty, but after Later Liang (except briefly during Later Tang) they were administered by Kaifeng Prefecture.

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
2. Song Shi, ch. 85.
3. Shi, p. 1643.
4. Shi, pp. 2800, 1773–4.
5. Shi, p. 2735.
6. Shi, p. 1773.
7. Shi, p. 2103.
8. Shi, p. 1142.
9. Shi, p. 390.

• 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].